Kyle Bankhead

Biography

Kyle Bankhead enters his fourth season at San Francisco after joining the USF coaching staff as an assistant coach in the summer of 2022. Bankhead was hired by head coach Chris Gerlufsen for the 2022-23 season, a campaign that saw the Dons begin with a 7-1 start. In November, San Francisco took home the 2022 Hall of Fame Classic championship in Kansas City, MO. The Dons would finish non-conference play with a record of 11-4, which tied the most preseason wins by a first-year staff at USF since 1980-81. The team’s 2022-23 campaign featured a 37-point win over #25 Arizona State - the largest victory over a ranked team in program history. That final margin represents the fourth biggest win for an unranked team over an AP Top 25 opponent in the past 30 seasons. With Bankhead’s help, the Dons assembled a 2023 recruiting class that ranked 25th nationally in overall transfer activity (via EvanMiya.com). A skilled recruiter with deep ties in Europe, Bankhead has recruited over a dozen international players throughout his coaching career. His impact on the 2023-24 roster is evident: 7 of USF’s 13 letter winners are from outside the United States. In June of 2023, Bankhead was invited to represent USF at the TopConnect Basketball Symposium which connects the best assistant coaches in college basketball with athletic directors around the country. Prior to USF, Bankhead spent one season at Abilene Christian as an assistant coach to Brette Tanner. The team finished with a 25-11 record, a