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New strength and conditioning coach Quadrian Banks reunited with Chris Holtmann at Ohio State: Buckeye basketball news
Updated on September 14, 2017 at 8:52 PMPosted on September 14, 2017 at 6:13 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Quadrian Banks might not have become Ohio State's men's basketball strength and conditioning coach if it weren't for Chris Holtmann.
Banks, known as Q, had been in the NFL for the past few years, working with the Eagles and, most recently, the Colts before getting a call from Holtmann in July.
"He called, and it was no second thoughts. Let's do it," Banks said about his new boss.
Banks and Holtmann already have an established relationship together. Holtmann was the Gardner-Webb head coach from 2010-13, and Banks was the director of player performance for the team from 2011-13 before moving to the NFL.
He spent three years with the Eagles and went to the Colts in 2016 before reuniting with Holtmann in July.
"He's a stickler for detail. Everybody does your job. You hear it from Chris Holtmann and you're like, 'Okay. Everybody do their job,'" Banks said. "But then when you hear it from (former Eagles coach) Chip Kelly, then you hear it from (Colts coach) Chuck Pagano, and you hear it from (Colts general manager) Chris Ballard, and you hear it from other people in professional environments.
"And you're like, 'It's making a lot of sense. I've heard all of this before.'"
In addition to working with NFL teams since 2013, Banks was a student intern at Texas, the head strength and conditioning coach at Prairie View A&M, an assistant at Hamption, Richmond, Mississippi and the director of athletic performance for the basketball team at Gardner-Webb.
Banks came to Columbus in July and started working with a young Ohio State team that has just one true senior in Jae'Sean Tate. His goal is to instill a heightened attention to detail and work ethic with the players.
"We'll get stronger. We'll get faster. We'll gain the right kind of weight," Banks said. "It's just a day in, day out consistency. I think that's something, coming in, they've been doing things a certain way. Just the teaching, a new set of terminology, new staff, new everything. This is the way we're going to go about doing things.
"I think anytime you have a brand new staff, you have to start over. There's a lot of great things they were doing with the previous staff. But we're moving forward."
Banks and the Buckeyes got some good news on Tuesday when sophomore Andre Wesson was cleared to return to practice after being tested for an undisclosed medical condition. It was feared earlier that Wesson's career could be in doubt. But he is back with the team and Banks is happy to have him back.
"He's doing a great job," Banks said. "Again, it's consistency. You try not to get bored with the details. But every day, he's coming along a little bit further. And you see him do things and you're like, 'Oh, I've never seen you do that before,' because we haven't been able to train him. Everything that he's doing is kind of like the first time."
http://www.cleveland.com/osu/2017/09/new_strength_and_conditioning.html#incart_river_index
Updated on September 14, 2017 at 8:52 PMPosted on September 14, 2017 at 6:13 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Quadrian Banks might not have become Ohio State's men's basketball strength and conditioning coach if it weren't for Chris Holtmann.
Banks, known as Q, had been in the NFL for the past few years, working with the Eagles and, most recently, the Colts before getting a call from Holtmann in July.
"He called, and it was no second thoughts. Let's do it," Banks said about his new boss.
Banks and Holtmann already have an established relationship together. Holtmann was the Gardner-Webb head coach from 2010-13, and Banks was the director of player performance for the team from 2011-13 before moving to the NFL.
He spent three years with the Eagles and went to the Colts in 2016 before reuniting with Holtmann in July.
"He's a stickler for detail. Everybody does your job. You hear it from Chris Holtmann and you're like, 'Okay. Everybody do their job,'" Banks said. "But then when you hear it from (former Eagles coach) Chip Kelly, then you hear it from (Colts coach) Chuck Pagano, and you hear it from (Colts general manager) Chris Ballard, and you hear it from other people in professional environments.
"And you're like, 'It's making a lot of sense. I've heard all of this before.'"
In addition to working with NFL teams since 2013, Banks was a student intern at Texas, the head strength and conditioning coach at Prairie View A&M, an assistant at Hamption, Richmond, Mississippi and the director of athletic performance for the basketball team at Gardner-Webb.
Banks came to Columbus in July and started working with a young Ohio State team that has just one true senior in Jae'Sean Tate. His goal is to instill a heightened attention to detail and work ethic with the players.
"We'll get stronger. We'll get faster. We'll gain the right kind of weight," Banks said. "It's just a day in, day out consistency. I think that's something, coming in, they've been doing things a certain way. Just the teaching, a new set of terminology, new staff, new everything. This is the way we're going to go about doing things.
"I think anytime you have a brand new staff, you have to start over. There's a lot of great things they were doing with the previous staff. But we're moving forward."
Banks and the Buckeyes got some good news on Tuesday when sophomore Andre Wesson was cleared to return to practice after being tested for an undisclosed medical condition. It was feared earlier that Wesson's career could be in doubt. But he is back with the team and Banks is happy to have him back.
"He's doing a great job," Banks said. "Again, it's consistency. You try not to get bored with the details. But every day, he's coming along a little bit further. And you see him do things and you're like, 'Oh, I've never seen you do that before,' because we haven't been able to train him. Everything that he's doing is kind of like the first time."
http://www.cleveland.com/osu/2017/09/new_strength_and_conditioning.html#incart_river_index
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Glad they are putting him out there to the press so he will feel reliable if no progress, with Thad's s&c coach it was more like no face no case.
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2022-23 season bump
Quadrian Banks is in his sixth season as strength and conditioning coach at Ohio State in 2022-23 after being hired in July 2017. Ohio State is the fifth men’s basketball program that Banks has worked with over his career.
Banks came to Ohio State after a year in performance and conditioning with the Indianapolis Colts. Before he worked with the Colts, Banks was the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. Prior to joining the Eagles, he was the director of athletic performance for two seasons at Gardner-Webb University. He also served as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Mississippi (2008-10) and University of Richmond (2007-08).
He was named a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach by the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association May 13, 2020. He will be presented with the honor May 6, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas, at the next scheduled CSCCa National Conference.
Banks attended the University of Texas at Austin and received his undergrad degree (Kinesiology – Health Promotion and Fitness) in 2003. He earned a Masters of Education at Prairie View A&M in 2005.
https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/coach/quadrian-banks/
Quadrian Banks is in his sixth season as strength and conditioning coach at Ohio State in 2022-23 after being hired in July 2017. Ohio State is the fifth men’s basketball program that Banks has worked with over his career.
Banks came to Ohio State after a year in performance and conditioning with the Indianapolis Colts. Before he worked with the Colts, Banks was the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. Prior to joining the Eagles, he was the director of athletic performance for two seasons at Gardner-Webb University. He also served as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Mississippi (2008-10) and University of Richmond (2007-08).
He was named a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach by the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association May 13, 2020. He will be presented with the honor May 6, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas, at the next scheduled CSCCa National Conference.
Banks attended the University of Texas at Austin and received his undergrad degree (Kinesiology – Health Promotion and Fitness) in 2003. He earned a Masters of Education at Prairie View A&M in 2005.
https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/coach/quadrian-banks/
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