Kevin Bankos has announced his retirement as head coach of the York Catholic girls’ basketball program after 19 seasons.After 19 highly successful years as the Head Coach of the Girls’ Basketball program at York Catholic, Kevin Bankos is retiring from coaching.
Bankos started his coaching career in the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) as an assistant at St. Joseph in York in 1982. He joined the York Catholic team as a JV coach in 2004 and was named varsity head coach in 2006. During his tenure, Bankos amassed a record of 434-120 for a 78.3 winning percentage. He guided his teams to six state championship appearances, winning two titles. His teams won 11 District 3 championships, with nine of them being in consecutive years, and five District 3 silver medals. Bankos was named Pennsylvania Coach of the Year three times and YAIAA County Coach of the Year seven times during his career, and is well respected within the coaching and basketball community. He was named to the York Catholic Hall of Fame in 2012.
Bankos will continue his position as Director of Operations at York Catholic, and will continue to oversee the athletic program headed by athletic director, Brad Hayek.
Kevin Bankos celebrates with Jania Wright after a Fighting Irish victory.Ashton Hirsch, an assistant to Bankos and his daughter, will assume the helm as Head Coach. Hirsch was a member of York Catholic’s 2006, 2007 and 2008 state championship teams and is a member of York Catholic’s Hall of Fame. She played basketball at Juniata College where she was named conference Player of the Year, Division III All American, and is a member of the Juniata College Hall of Fame. She also served as an assistant coach under Sherri Gorman at Elizabethtown College before moving to York Catholic as an assistant to Bankos.
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