Athletics Director

Steve Knight has served as the Athletics Director at William Carey College since 1988. Knight first arrived at Carey in the spring of 1981 as a Graduate Assistant Baseball Coach in charge of the pitching staff.

In 1981-82, he was a GA for both men's basketball and baseball, and was named the Head Men's Basketball Coach in the summer of 1982, at the age of 25. He is entering his 26th season as basketball coach and his teams have compiled over 450 victories and thirteen 20+ win seasons, while competing in seven NAIA National Tournaments.

During his tenure as Athletics Director, the William Carey athletic teams have consistently competed for conference, regional, and national honors. Knight was named the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Athletics Director of the Year in 2001-02, 2003-04, and 2004-05 and was selected as the NAIA Region XIII AD of the Year in 2003-04 and 2005-06. He was also named as the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) 2005-06 General Sports Turf Systems Athletics Director of the Year - NAIA Southeast Region.

Knight has served as the President of the GCAC since 2001 and was President of the NABC-NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches Association in 2002-03.

A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi (B.S.- 1979) as well as William Carey College (M ED - 1982), he was selected to the USM M-Club Letterman's Hall of Fame in 2002. After graduation from college, he spent two seasons in the Seattle Mariner Baseball Organization and led the 1979 California League Championship team in saves. His former minor league roommate, Bud Black, is currently the manager for the San Diego Padres.

Knight has been married to wife Regina for 27 years, and they have two daughters (Shanna - 24; Lindsay - 11) and one grandson (Christian - 4). Regina is currently the Administrative Assistant for the Athletic Department at William Carey.