Saul Phillips
Saul Phillips (born October 10, 1972)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Northern State Wolves
Current conference: Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC)
North Dakota State record: 134-84 (.615)
Ohio record: 81-77 (.513)
Northern State record: 99-46 (.683)
Overall record^: 314-207 (.603)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2009, 2014)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 2 (2013, 2016)
- Summit League Regular Season Champion: 2 (2009, 2014)
- NSIC (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 3 (2020, 2021, 2023)
- Summit League Tournament Champion: 2 (2009, 2014)
- NSIC (Div II) Tournament Champion: 2 (2020, 2021)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 3 (2020, 2021, 2023)
Awards:
- NSIC (Div II) Coach of the Year: 2 (2021, 2023)
- Summit League Coach of the Year: 2 (2009, 2014)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2019-present | Northern State |
| 2014-2019 | Ohio |
| 2007-2014 | North Dakota State |
| 2004-2007 | North Dakota State (asst) |
| 2001-2004 | Wisconsin (DBO) |
| 1999-2001 | Milwaukee (asst) |
| 1997-1999 | Lake Superior (asst) |
| 1996-1997 | Wayne State (grad. asst) |
Saul Phillips Facts
- Saul Edward Phillips
- Born October 10, 1972
- Hometown: Reedsburg, Wisconsin
- Alma Mater: University of Wisconsin-Platteville (BA, 1996)
- The Wisconsin-native played at UW-Platteville for four seasons under head coach Bo Ryan and was captain of the 1994-95 Pioneers’ team that went undefeated and won the NCAA D-III national title
- Was a graduate assistant for one season at Wayne State College (NE) under Greg McDermott
- Joined his college coach Bo Ryan‘s staff at Milwaukee as an assistant in 1999 and followed Ryan to Madison in 2001 to spend three seasons as Director of Basketball Operations
- Became an assistant to Tim Miles at North Dakota State in 2004 and took over the Bison program in 2007 when Miles left for Colorado State
- Won 134 games in seven seasons, leading the Bison to their first two NCAA D-I Tournaments in program history
- Left NDSU for Ohio in April 2014 and took the Bobcats to the 2016 CBI Semifinals in his second season (finishing 23-12)
- Fired in March 2019 after five seasons in Athens, going 81-77 and reaching the postseason just once (2016 CBI)
- Hired in June 2019 as the head coach at Division II Northern State in Aberdeen, SD
- Went 26-6 in his first season, winning the NSIC title and Tournament and reaching the (cancelled) D-II NCAA Tournament
- Returned to the D-II NCAA Tournament in 2021 and 2023, winning the NSIC title both seasons
Saul Phillips Coaching Tree
- David Richman (North Dakota State)
- Will Ryan (Green Bay, Wheeling)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels