Billy McKnight joined USD men's basketball staff ahead of the 2022-23 season as Director of Player Development. He was elevated to the role of Assistant Coach ahead of his fourth season with the program in 2025-26.
In his maiden season on the sidelines with the Toreros, the team finished 11-20.
In his second season as director of player development, the Toreros finished 18-15, the most wins for the team in five years and the fifth-place finish in the West Coast Conference being the best for the program in nine years. In 2024-25, with the youngest team in program history, the Toreros finished 6-27.
He has been around basketball staffs for the last 22 years, beginning as the Head Coach at Tamalpais High School in 2000.
From there, McKnight was a graduate manager at Oregon. From 2010-2014, he spent time in China in various coaching roles.
McKnight returned to the United States as the Head Basketball Coach at Prolific Prep, with two stints from 2015-19 and 2021-22.
In between, he served as head coach at the United States Basketball Academy in Oregon.
McKnight graduated from UC San Diego in 1997, where was a student-athlete on the baseball team. He later received his MBA from Oregon in 2005.
