David "Tuffy" Knight is a former coach of Canadian university football and a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame

Canadian Football Hall of Fame

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Knight was a high school football, track, and basketball coach in Southeastern Ohio

Ohio

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 who moved to Canada in 1965 to become head coach of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks is the name used by the varsity sports teams of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and, where applicable, in the west...

 in Waterloo, Ontario

Waterloo, Ontario

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. He coached the Hawks until 1983. Knight then joined the Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts

The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...

 as director of player personnel, returning to Waterloo in 1988 to coach Laurier's cross-town rivals at the University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

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. At the time, the Waterloo Warriors

Waterloo Warriors

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 hadn't won a game since 1985. He missed the entire 1988 season after suffering a mild heart attack, and the Warriors had an 0-7 season in his absence. Knight came back to be Canadian university football coach of the year in 1989. He coached the Warriors to the Yates Cup

Yates Cup

The Yates Cup is a Canadian sports trophy, presented annually to the winner of the Ontario University Athletics football conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport federation. It is the oldest still-existing football trophy in North America, dating back to 1898 and surpassing both the Grey...

 provincial title in 1997 and then retired.(3 December 1997). Tuffy Knight leaves UW, 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 (1972, 1973, 1978, 1997). At the time of his retirement, he was the winningest coach in Canadian university football history with 153 career wins (record surpassed in 2003). 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.(20 February 2007). Flutie tapped for hall, 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

Resurrection Catholic Secondary School

Resurrection Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic high school in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.-Administration:As of October 2009, the school currently has one principal and 3 vice-principals:*Principal: Paul Lacalamita* Kevin Hinschsperger...

(Kitchener, Ontario). 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 (Western Bowl) Champions 2008