Also, Banks amassed 4,484 yards passing, a record which lasted for 17 years. During his years at Howard he established over six passing and yardage records several of which were later broken by quarterbacks Lee Debose and Jay Walker. Michael Banks, who was also an outstanding baseball player at Howard , credits football coaches Wyche, Porter and Moultrie as well as baseball coach Chuck Hinton. Banks currently is a high school teacher in Detroit at Northern High School. At Northern he coaches baseball, basketball and tennis.
Banks is married and has five children.