Lee Wilbanks will enter his first season as an assistant coach with the Lambuth University Eagles. He will serve as the Running Back’s Coach for the 2008 season.

 

Prior to coming to Lambuth, Coach Wilbanks was the Outside Linebackers Coach at North Carolina A&T and also served as the Aggies’ football operations person. He will helped with travel, trading game film with opponents, editing game film, recruiting and served as a liaison between the coaching staff and the N.C. A&T athletic staff.

 

Wilbanks came to N.C. A&T after serving as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Mississippi. During his one season there, he assisted the offensive line coach in game preparation. He graded the Ole Miss offensive linemen after practices and games and he also prepared tests, scouting reports and edited film so coaches could prepare for the Rebels upcoming opponent. Wilbanks’ evaluation area included Florida high schools and California and Mississippi junior colleges.

 

Coach Wilbanks started his coaching career at Murray State as a graduate assistant in 2004 where he coached linebackers and safeties. His responsibilities included assisting the defensive coordinator in coaching linebackers and coordinating Murray State’s walk-on program. Six of the walk-ons he accepted eventually became scholarship athletes. Wilbanks recruited the Arizona, Utah and New Mexico junior colleges, while also covering the Missouri and Arkansas high school areas.