Kennesaw State University Athletics

Randall Knox enters his fifth season as Kennesaw State tennis assistant coach in 2026-27.

KENNESAW STATE MEN'S TENNIS COACHING SUMMARY

Has helped KSU men's tennis to a 51-31 (.622) dual match record as well as ...

• 6 Conference Tournament Semifinal appearances
• 5 All-Conference recipients totaling 8 honors
• 6 Conference weekly awards
• 2 ITA All-Academic Team awards
• 7 ITA Scholar-Athletes totaling 8 honors
• 1 Conference Academic honor
• 2 CSC Academic All-District honors

COACHING CAREER

• Kennesaw State Assistant Coach (2022-)
• Missouri State Women's Head Coach (2021-22)
• Blue Mountain College Men's & Women's Head Coach (Blue Mountain, MS; 2019-21)
• Lindsey Wilson College Men's & Women's Head Coach (Columbia, KY; 2019)
• Georgia Gwinnett College Assistant Coach (2016-19)
• YMCA Buckhead Head Tennis Professional (Atlanta, GA; 2014)
• Gonzaga Assistant Coach (2013-14)
• Georgia State Assistant Coach (2010-11)
• UAB Assistant Coach (2009-10)
• Samford Men's Volunteer Assistant (2003-04)

KENNESAW STATE COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
2026: school-record-tying 15 wins ... earned two ITA top-75 rankings during regular season ... Nathan Walters All-CUSA First Team Singles ... Leon Peranovic and Kyvan Rietkerk March 25 CUSA Doubles Team of the Week ... Walters March 25 CUSA Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week ... Xavi Ferrer and Ben Hudson CSC Academic All-District ... Dominic Ducariu, Hudson, Peranovic and Walters named ITA Scholar-Athletes, Owls earn ITA All-Academic Team Award.

2025: Anthony Weingarten and Mikolaj Lis All-CUSA First Team Doubles ... Weingarten All-CUSA Second Team Singles ... Weingarten and Lis April 9 CUSA Doubles Team of the Week ... Lis Academic All-CUSA ...Xavi Ferrer, Lis and Erik Vladimirov ITA Scholar-Athletes, Owls earn ITA All-Academic Team Award. 

2024: 14-6 record ... Raul Garcia All-ASUN First Team ... Harvey Conway All-ASUN Second Team ... Garcia three-time ASUN Player of the Week ... Conway and Mikolaj Lis ITA Scholar-Athletes. 

2023: Raul Garcia All-ASUN First Team ... Harvey Conway All-ASUN Second Team. 

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
At Missouri State (2021-2022): Mara Presot named to Missouri Valley Honor Roll Team. 

At Blue Mountain (2019-21): Named 2021 Southern States Athletic Conference Coach of the Year ... led men's team to its first-ever national ranking, the program climbed as high as 16th before a No. 20 national finish ... coached Bernardo Tajada to All-America First Team and No. 17 national ranking ... led women's team to first-ever conference semifinals ... coached Steffi McDonald to No. 41 national ranking, Annabella Natalini and Chloe Webster to all-conference honors. 

At Lindsey Wilson (2018-19): Led both men's and women's teams to NAIA Nationals ... women's team finished No. 11, men's No. 13. 

At Georgia Gwinnett (2015-18): Tallied four NAIA national titles with men's and women's teams ... both programs posted a combined 84-2 record during his tenure ... recruited and coached Madeline Bosnjak to No. 1 NAIA ranking and NAIA National Tournament MVP honors in 2018 ... coached Kevin Konfederak to a conference No. 1 ranking in singles and doubles. 


PLAYING CAREER
Played collegiately at Memphis and Northwest Shoals Community College (Muscle Shoals, AL)  ... Earned NJCAA Second Team All-America honors, helped Northwest Shoals to a No. 4 national finish ... Joined Alabama as a team manager in 1999 ... Prepped at Athens High School where he won three Alabama state titles and ranked among the top 10 prospects in the state.


EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree in commerce and business administration (University of Alabama, 2000)