Tod Bannister joined the IU Southeast Athletic Department in June 2024.
Bannister was the director of athletics at Holy Cross High School in Louisville during the 2023-24 school year and prior to that was the Director of Championships and Basketball Operations at the Big West Conference.
From 2017-22 he was the Senior Associate Athletic Director, Corporate Partnerships and Sports Administration at UC San Diego where he oversaw six sports and managed the department’s corporate partnerships.
From 2014-17, Bannister was the Associate Athletic Director at UNLV where he headed the development team for the Rebel Athletic Fund and the Runnin’ Rebel Club. He formed multiple strategic partnerships and raised more than $500,000 annually for the UNLV men’s basketball program.
Prior to UNLV, Bannister spent three years at San Jose State as the senior associate athletic director and director of development. He facilitated the initial gift from the largest donor in the athletic department’s history while raising more than $3.5 million in his first year.
He was also the director of the Wooden Athletic Fund at UCLA where he managed individual sport fundraising and helped secure funding to renovate Pauley Pavilion.
From 2007-2010, Bannister was the Executive Director of the Bear Backer Organization at the University of California Berkley. He set consecutive year records for scholarship dollars raised and planned various alumni and athletic department events for the Golden Bears.
He spent almost two decades at the University of the Pacific as a men’s and women’s basketball assistant coach from 1990-2000 and then as an assistant professor and coordinator of Cooperative Education in the School of Engineering and Computer Science.
Bannister earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Cal State University Sacramento.
