Knox College Prairie Fire

Shad Steck has served as an assistant baseball coach at Knox College since 2000.  He's also been the team's hitting instructor during his tenure and coaches first base.

Steck has helped the Prairie Fire rewrite the offensive record books since he's been on the Knox baseball staff.  He's coached four Midwest Conference Players of the Year -- Matt Briggs in 2006, Paul Bennett in 2008, Kevin Malone in 2009, and Caleb Weaver in 2013 -- as well as numerous other All-Midwest Conference performers.

Steck played for coach Jami Isaacson at Illinois College and brings a wealth of Midwest Conference baseball experience to Knox as a three-time All-Midwest Conference first team selection at second base (1995, 1997, 1998).  He was named the 1997 Midwest Conference Player of the Year as a junior. 

Steck was also an American Baseball Coaches Association All-Region first team pick and an honorable mention All-American in 1997. He holds multiple records at both Illinois College and Galesburg High School.