Coaching Career
From 1994 until 1999, Banister served as a minor league coach in the Pirates' minor league system. He was the manager of the Welland Pirates of the New York-Penn League in 1994. A year later he coached the Augusta GreenJackets to the South Atlantic League championship. From 1996-1997, he was the manager of the Lynchburg Hillcats, however midway through the 1997, he was named the manager of the Carolina Mudcats, a position he held until 1998.
From 1999-2002, Banister worked as Pittsburgh's Major League Field Coordinator. He was then assigned the job of Minor League Field Coordinator from 2003-2010. In 2008, Banister became interim pitching coach for Lynchburg when Bob Milacki resigned from the position. Mike Steele then took the job from Banister in 2009. On August 8, 2010, Banister was named the Pirates' interim bench coach after Gary Varsho was fired by the organization. After Clint Hurdle was named manager, Banister was named full time bench coach.
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