Phil Cunningham (born October 17, 1966)
Teams coach: Troy Trojans
Troy record: 80-111 (.419)
Overall record: 80-111 (.419)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2017)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Sun Belt Tournament Champion: 1 (2017)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2019-2023 | Western Kentucky (assoc. HC) |
2013-2019 | Troy |
2012-2013 | Western Kentucky (asst) |
2000-2012 | Mississippi State (asst) |
1998-2000 | Georgia State (assoc. HC) |
1997-1998 | Georgia State(asst) |
1995-1997 | James Madison (asst) |
1992-1995 | Sue Bennett College |
1991-1992 | Mississippi State (grad. asst) |
1990-1991 | Campbellsville (asst) |
Phil Cunningham Facts
- 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
Phil Cunningham Coaching Tree
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^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only