After earning a degree in physical education, he returned to Malawi to become a sports officer at the Ministry of Sports and Culture. In 1979, he came back to the United States to become head coach of the women's soccer program at UMass. After eight successful seasons with the Minutewomen, including five straight trips to the NCAA Final Four, Banda jumped to Amherst, where he continued his successful women's program for seven more seasons. Then he was given the opportunity to take the reigns of the Badgers, who are just two years removed from a national championship season. We're still going through some changes.
Every game there's changes in the lineup.
We're experimenting with chemistry. There's going to be a lot of changes going on for a while. It's going to be an ongoing thing. It's not going to happen in one season. His team has started to come around.