Director of Athletic Training Jackie Knight is in her 18th year at Campbell.
Knight was named the Camels' Director of Athletic Training in 2015, serving as the head of CU's athletic training department for six years. She heads all athletic training needs for Campbell’s football team while handling the entire department’s daily operations.
Knight was the athletic trainer for the women’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s golf teams prior to being promoted in the summer of 2011.
Since taking over as director of Campbell's athletic training program, Knight has helped greatly expand her staff, providing greater medical care for Fighting Camel student-athletes.
Prior to Campbell, Knight worked as the head athletic trainer and assistant professor in the Health and Physical Education Department at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Mich. for three years. While at Hillsdale College with a staff of only two certified athletic trainers, Knight worked primarily with the football, men’s basketball, and softball teams but covered all the other sports regularly.
While receiving her master’s degree in athletic training from Indiana State University, Knight was a graduate assistant in the Sycamores’ athletic training department. During her stint at Indiana State, Knight also served as an athletic trainer at Terre Haute North Vigo High School.
Knight got her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Olivet College in Olivet, Mich. As an undergrad at Olivet, Knight served as the football equipment manager and student athletic trainer while participating as a student-athlete on the softball and basketball teams. She also had the opportunity to be one of the athletic trainers for the Michigan Cadet National Wrestling Camp during the summer.
Knight is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Great Lakes Athletic Trainers’ Association, Michigan Athletic Trainer’s Society, Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers Association, and is an American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED instructor.
