Gene Banks

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Eugene Lavon "Gene" Banks (born May 15, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player. He is one of a handful of players to make high school All-America three times.

A 6'7" forward, Banks starred at Duke University, where he received the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Rookie of the Year award in 1978. He also received team MVP honors three times he went on to play six seasons in the NBA with the Spurs and Chicago Bulls. He averaged 11.3 points per game in his professional career.
In the 1991 and 1992 seasons, he played for the Maccabi Rishon LeZion club, in 1993 at the Bne Herzelia club, with wich he won the Israeli Basketball Cup, and in 1994 for the Hapoel Gvat club, all clubs in Israel.

Banks was inducted into the Duke Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994. During the late 1990s, Banks served as women's basketball coach at Bluefield State College.