Kyle Bankhead joined the Wildcats staff as an assistant in May of 2021. He joined the Wildcats after four seasons with UNC Greensboro, first as the director of basketball operations and then three seasons as an assistant coach. In his four years with the Spartans, Bankhead was part of three postseason berths including two trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Prior to his time at UNCG he spent two seasons as the head basketball coach at Sunrise Christian Academy where he helped to develop 13 DI prospects. He began his coaching journey at the University of San Diego where he spent eight seasons as an assistant coach and was heavily involved in their recruiting, specifically the recruitment of international athletes. He was responsible for bringin five European players to USD and recruited two players who broke season and career records at USD. 

Coach Bankhead played four years of basketball at Gonzaga University under Mark Few where he was a part of four NCAA tournament teams with the Bulldogs. He was part of the 2001 Sweet 16 team and made two other second round appearances with the Bulldogs. As a player, he made 48 starts in his career and left the program with the sixth-most three point shots made and the seventh-best career three-point shooting percentage in the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs won four regular season WCC championships and three tournament championships in his time there and he was named WCC All-Academic three times.