Steve Knight has served as Head Men's Basketball coach since the summer of 1982. 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 then Head Men's Basketball Coach at the age of 25. He is entering his 27th season as basketball coach and his teams have compiled over 450 victories and thirteen 20+ win seasons, captured six GCAC Championships, six District 30 Championships, and has competed in seven NAIA National Tournaments. Knight has coached five NAIA All-Americans including an NAIA National Player of the Year.

In 1988 Knight was named Athletic Director. During his tenure as Athletics Director, William Carey athletic teams have captured 28 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference championships and earned 14 trips to NAIA National Tournaments. 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 28 years, and they have two daughters (Shanna - 25; Lindsay - 12) and one grandson (Christian - 5).