John Phillips
John Phillips (born February 6, 1947)
Teams coached: Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Tulsa record: 61-42 (.000)
Overall record: 61-42 (.000)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2002, 2003)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2002)
- WAC Tournament Champion: 1 (2003)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2001-2004 | Tulsa |
2000-2001 | Tulsa (assoc. HC) |
1997-2000 | Tulsa (asst) |
1988-1990 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
1977-1978 | Tulsa (grad. asst) |
John Phillips Facts
- John Thomas Phillips
- Born February 6, 1947
- Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Alma Mater: Oklahoma State University (BS, 1973) / University of Tulsa (M.Ed, 1978)
- Graduated from Tulsa McLain HS (OK) and played one year at Paris Junior College (TX)
- After his undergrad at Oklahoma State, Phillips became an assistant coach at Broken Arrow School (OK)
- Served as a graduate assistant for one year at Tulsa under head coach Jim King while getting his master’s
- Spent the next ten years at the prep level, serving as head coach at Mannford HS (OK) for two seasons (31-20 overall), Bartlesville HS (OK) for two seasons (19-27) and at Edison HS (OK) for five seasons (128-35 and state runner-up twice)
- Returned to his alma mater to be an assistant coach for two seasons under head coach Leonard Hamilton
- Then coached three seasons at Stillwater HS (OK) and four seasons at Broken Arrow HS (OK)
- Went 36-37 at Stillwater and 59-40 at Broken Arrow, winning the state title at the latter
- Joined Bill Self‘s staff as an assistant at Tulsa in 1997 and was a part of two NCAA Tournament appearances
- Stayed on an additional year under Buzz Peterson, serving as his associate head coach for the 2001 NIT Champion team
- Got the head coaching job when Peterson left in 2001, leading the the Hurricane for three and a half seasons
- Won the WAC title in 2002 and WAC Tournament in 2003, going to the NCAA Tournament both years
- Resigned seven games into the 2004-05 season after a 2-5 start
- Along with his wife, Leah, has one son and one daughter
John Phillips Coaching Tree
- Pooh Williamson (Tulsa)