Head Coach Brad Rupert is a 1984 graduate of Vacaville High School.  Coach Rupert started his college baseball career at Cosumnes River College and Solano College and finished it at CSU Chico.  Brad completed his B.S. in Physical Education and Health Science in 1991.  He completed his Master’s Degree in Education from Simpson University during the summer of 2004.  Coach Rupert got his start as an assistant coach at Chico High School where they won a section championship in 1990.  During the summer, Brad coached the highly successful Chico American Legion team for three years, as well as the Anderson Bucs American Legion team, also for three years.  Coach Rupert was an assistant coach at Shasta College under former head coach Brad Peek from 1992 through 1996.  Since 1997, he has served as head coach of the Knights.  Brad has also coached extensively in the summer collegiate leagues.  In 1998 Rupert coached the Kenosha Krokers where Clint Barmes (Pittsburgh Pirates) and George Sherrill (Kansas City Royals) were members of the team.  Rupert spent the summers of 2002, 2007 and 2008 in Alaska as the head coach of the Bears of California.  The 2002 team featured Dallas Braden (Oakland A’s) and Phil Coke (Detroit Tigers).  In 2003 and 2004, Rupert was named the field manager for the Mankato MoonDogs of the Northwoods league.  In the summer of 2010 Rupert was the Pitching Coach for the Fayetteville Swampdogs of the Coastal Carolina League.   Coach Rupert has been married to wife, Molly, for over 20 years now and they have two girls, Reilly and Calley.