"I wasn't even thinking about coaching. I wanted to go back to Detroit and be a police officer," said Tim Banks about his initial career aspirations before coaching.
"Somebody on the Chippewas' staff mentioned to Banks that he should go into coaching. He thought about it, and he and his wife spent the next several weeks sending out résumés all over the country."
"Only two coaches responded: Brian Kelly, who was then at Grand Valley State, and Bowling Green's Gary Blackney. Both responses were 'thanks, but we don't have any openings.'"
Now, 12 jobs later - with coaching duties ranging from running backs, outside linebackers, inside linebackers, safeties and defensive coordinator - Banks is in charge of a blossoming defense that has flipped the script in Knoxville.
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