Kentucky Christian Knights football

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| TeamName = Kentucky Christian Knights football

| Image = KCUKnights.jpeg

| ImageSize = 200

| HeadCoach = Jason Aubry

| HeadCoachYear = 2nd

| HCWins = 3

| HCLosses = 19

| Stadium = KCU Field

| StadCapacity = 1,000

| StadSurface = FieldTurf

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| Location = Grayson, Kentucky

| Conference = Mid-South Conference

| ConfDivision = Bluegrass

| FirstYear = {{Start date|2008}}

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| WebsiteName = KCUKnights.com

| WebsiteURL = http://kcuknights.com

| ATWins = 47

| ATLosses = 113

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| Color2 = Black

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The KCU Knights football program represents Kentucky Christian University in college football. They are football-only members of Mid-South Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Knights have played their home games at KCU Field since the inception of their football team in 2008.

History

Beginning in 2008, the Knights began competing in football in the Mid-South Conference (MSC). In their first football season, the Knights finished 1–9 overall, with no conference games played. The Knights were coached by Dane Damron, in his only season as head coach in Mid-South Conference play. The Knight sole win—and first win in school history—would come against Trinity Bible College by a score of 50–6.{{cite web|title=KCU nets first win in school history|publisher=Herald-dispatch.com|url=http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/high_school_sports/kcu-nets-first-win-in-school-history/article_229d454c-d081-5ae9-8846-f8357176e5a3.html|access-date=February 21, 2018}} Damron left at the end of the 2008 season for Virginia–Wise Highland as a strength and conditioning coach.

The Knights would hire former assistant Morehead State coach Zack Moore{{cite web |last=Schabert |first=Matt |date=March 8, 2016 |title=Zack Moore promoted to football's Defensive Coordinator |url=https://msueagles.com/news/2016/3/8/zack-moore-promoted-to-footballs-defensive-coordinator.aspx |access-date=April 13, 2025 |website=MSUEagles.com}} to replace Damron, beginning in the 2009 season. Moore would coach the Knights for two seasons, finishing with an overall record of 1–21; the Knights finished sixth and seventh in their conference, each year, respectively. Following the culmination of the 2010 season, Kentucky Christian University (KCU) Athletics would relieve Moore of his head coaching duties.

Following the 2010 season, KCU Athletics would hire former NFL wide receiver Mike Furrey, as the new head coach for the Knights.{{cite web |date=December 16, 2010 |title=Former Panther Mike Furrey gets head coaching job in Kentucky |url=https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/football/former-panther-mike-furrey-gets-head-coaching-job-in-kentucky/article_8aa338b6-08f3-11e0-aa05-001cc4c03286.html |access-date=April 13, 2025 |website=WCFCourier.com}} Furrey would lead the Knights to their best overall season record of 7–4 during the 2012 season; he would finish his two-year tenure as head coach with an 11–11 overall record. Furrey would resign his position as Knights head coach on February 20, 2013, to become wide receivers coach for Marshall University.{{cite news |last=Redd |first=Derek |date=February 20, 2013 |title=Marshall football: Mike Furrey reportedly joining Herd staff |url=http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/201302200048 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410174953/http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/201302200048 |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |access-date=February 21, 2018 |publisher=Charleston Daily Mail}}

After the departure of Furrey in early 2013, the Knights would hire former Fleming County High School head coach Gene Peterson to the same position with KCU starting in the 2013 season.{{cite web |title=KCU names Gene Peterson new head football coach |url=http://www.maysville-online.com/sports/kcu-names-gene-peterson-new-head-football-coach/article_7e6a976c-b7d4-5c9f-8b2c-621b85e6ef13.html |url-status=dead |access-date=February 21, 2018 |publisher=Maysville-online.com}} Peterson would compile an 8–14 overall record in two years as head coach. Peterson would leave KCU following the 2014 season.{{cite web |last=Colley |first=Kevin |date=January 7, 2017 |title=Barrows resigns as KCU head coach |url=http://www.journal-times.com/sports/barrows-resigns-as-kcu-head-coach/article_1bab2b6e-d4b5-11e6-8999-3fc1baa578fe.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512045428/http://www.journal-times.com/sports/barrows-resigns-as-kcu-head-coach/article_1bab2b6e-d4b5-11e6-8999-3fc1baa578fe.html |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |access-date=February 21, 2018 |work=Journal-times.com}}

KCU Athletics then hired former McKendree Bearcats defensive coordinator Steve Barrows as the new head coach for the 2015 season. During Barrows' two-year tenure with the Knights, he finished with an 8–14 overall record.

Following Barrows' resignation on January 7, 2017, the Knights replaced him with former Missouri State offensive coordinator Corey Fipps starting in the 2017 season.{{cite news |date=February 9, 2017 |title=Fipps chosen to lead Knights |url=http://www.journal-times.com/sports/fipps-chosen-to-lead-knights/article_b5f9e994-ef04-11e6-8552-3b6b5f71bf1f.html |url-status=dead |access-date=February 21, 2018 |publisher=Journal-times.com}}

Facilities

=KCU Field=

Built for the Knights to begin their play at the start of the 2008 season, KCU field was constructed by funds from the university. The stadium utilizes a turf field and has a capacity of 1,000.{{cite news |url=http://naiafb2015.victorysportsnetwork.com/home/2015-naia-football-stadiums.html|title=2015 NAIA Football Stadiums|publisher=naiafb2015.victorysportsnetwork.com|access-date=February 21, 2018}}