Coaches

Coach Pearson is a long time member of the Knights Knation staff.  He is a 1993 graduate of West Monroe HS  where he played baseball all 4 years. After HS he went on to play at Paris JC.  Once his playing days were over he was a firefighter for 25 years while coaching youth baseball at the same time.  After retiring from the fire department he started Pearson Baseball Academy where he specializes in hitting and in 2020 he became the affiliate director for Knights Knation Northeast based in Monroe, La. Coach Bill and his wife Anna have 3 sons, Jacob who originally signed with LSU in 2017 and was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels and is now in the Atlanta Braves farm system. His 2nd son Josh is a long time player with the Knights and is in his Sophomore year as a player at LSU, Coach Pearson’s 3rd son John is a Junior at West Monroe and also plays with the Knights. John also pledged to continue his playing career at LSU like his older brothers. Coach Pearson also has two daughters Ashley and Paige.  He is a great asset and resource for all the players and families in the Knights Knation program.