Tuffy Knight


David "Tuffy" Knight is a former coach of Canadian university football and a member of the Canadian [Football Hall of Fame].
Knight was a football, track, and basketball coach at Crooksville High School in Crooksville, Ohio who moved to Canada in 1965 to become athletic director and head men's basketball coach of the Waterloo Lutheran., Univ. of Waterloo - Press Release Knight came out of retirement in 2000 to be an assistant coach for the Golden Hawks, working three seasons under head coach Rick Zmich.
Knight won four Yates Cups over his career as head coach. At the time of his retirement, he was the winningest coach in Canadian university football history with 153 career wins. He was a three-time winner of the Frank Tindall Trophy as the top university football coach in Canada. Knight was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2007.., Toronto Star
In 2006 he came out of retirement again to coach football at the high school level. He coached the Phoenix of Resurrection Catholic Secondary School. Under his coaching, the Phoenix won the following titles:
  • WCSSAA Division B Champions 2006
  • WCSSAA Division B Champions 2007
  • WCSSAA Division A Champions 2008
  • CWOSSA AAA/AAAA Champions 2008
  • OFSAA Champions 2008