Phil Cunningham

Teams coach: Troy Trojans
Troy record: 80-111 (.419)
Overall record: 80-111 (.419)

Philip Tucker Cunningham
Born October 17, 1966
Hometown: Campbellsville, Kentucky
Alma Mater: Campbellsville University (BA, 1990) / Mississippi State University (MA, 1992)
Started his playing career at Kentucky Wesleyan, winning the Division II NCAA title in 1987, before transferring back home to play for his father at NAIA Campbellsville
After one year as an assistant on his father’s staff at Campbellsville, Cunningham spent the 1991-92 season as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State under head coach Richard Williams
Spent three seasons as the head coach at Sue Bennett College in London, KY, winning 48 games during his tenure there
Returned to Division I in 1995, spending the next eighteen seasons as an assistant coach or associate head coach
- Worked under head coach Lefty Driesell for five years, two at James Madison and three at Georgia State
- Spent 12 years at Mississippi State with Rick Stansbury, helping guide the Bulldogs to 6 NCAA Tournaments and 3 NITs
- Was an assistant for one season at Western Kentucky under Ray Harper before becoming a head coach
Hired in March 2013 to be the head coach of the Troy Trojans of the Sun Belt Conference
- Won the Sun Belt Tournament in 2017, earning Troy their second ever trip to the Division I NCAA Tournament
- Was fired in March 2019 following a 12-18 season, his fifth losing season in six years at Troy
Returned to Western Kentucky and reunited with Stansbury in 2019, spending the next four years as his associate head coach

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only