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Years at Kings: Third Season as a member of the Kings Staff. Coach Knott joined staff in 2004 as 7th grade B coach. Led the 7th Grade A team to both league and tournament championships in 2005. And returned this year as 8th grade A coach.

Previous Coaching Experience: Spent two years as Assistant Varsity coach at The Heights in Potomac, Maryland. He also doubled as the 6th grade coach at that time.

Most exciting thing about coaching: Seeing a team put in all the hard work and sweat to reach their goal of winning a championship.

Playing Experience: High School: Freshmen/JV at Cincinnati Moeller. Varsity at Lebanon H.S. College: 4 years at Miami University – Middleton. Earned 1st all-conference honors, 2nd team all-conference honors and left as 4th all-time leading scorer in school history.

Education: Graduated with B.S. degree in Zoology. Master of Arts in Teaching, Life Sciences at Miami University.

Current Occupation: 8th Grade Science Teacher at White Oaks Middle School.

Enjoys in spare time: Camping and Hiking with pet Rotweiler, attending sporting events (stadiums, tournaments).