Todd Phillips (basketball)

Todd Phillips
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUtah Valley
ConferenceWAC
Record16–16 (.500)
Biographical details
Born (1973-11-25) November 25, 1973 (age 51)[1]
Boise, Idaho
Alma materLewis–Clark State (B.S., 1999)
Utah (M.S., 2003)
Playing career
1995–1997Snow College
1997–1999Lewis–Clark State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2008Westminster (assistant)
2008–2011Salt Lake CC (assistant)
2011–2019Salt Lake CC
2019–2021Utah Valley (assistant)
2021–2023Utah Valley (associate HC)
2023–presentUtah Valley
Head coaching record
Overall16–16 (.500) (NCAA)
205–58 (.779) (NJCAA)

Todd Douglas Phillips (born November 25, 1973)[1] is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Utah Valley Wolverines team.[2]

Playing career

Phillips played college basketball at Snow College for a pair of seasons before finishing his playing career at Lewis-Clark State.[2]

Coaching career

After graduation, Phillips' first college coaching job was as an assistant at Westminster College for eight seasons, before spending another three at Salt Lake Community College.[3] In 2011, Phillips was named the head coach at Salt Lake CC, where in eight seasons he compiled a 205–58 overall record, including winning the NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 2016.[4][5] During his time at Salt Lake, Phillips coached multiple NCAA Division I players, plus NBA player Gary Payton II.

In 2019, Phillips would join Mark Madsen's coaching staff at Utah Valley, where he became the team's associate head coach and was on staff for two WAC regular season titles, as well as the Wolverines' semifinal run in the 2023 NIT. [6][7][8]

On April 6, 2023, Phillips was promoted to head coach at Utah Valley when Madsen accepted the head coaching position at Cal.[9][10][11][12][13] Phillips proceeded to win 16 games that season, the most by any first-year head coach in Utah Valley men's basketball history since the Wolverines became a full Division I member in July of 2009.

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Utah Valley Wolverines (Western Athletic Conference) (2023–present)
2023–24 Utah Valley 16–16 11–9 T–4th
Utah Valley: 16–16 (.500) 11–9 (.550)
Total: 16–16 (.500)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NJCAA

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Salt Lake CC Bruins (Scenic West) (2011–2019)
2011–12 Salt Lake CC 22–9 9–6 2nd
2012–13 Salt Lake CC 29–5 14–1 1st NJCAA Division I Second Round
2013–14 Salt Lake CC 27–7 11–4 2nd NJCAA Division I First Round
2014–15 Salt Lake CC 25–6 13–2 2nd
2015–16 Salt Lake CC 31–8 9–5 3rd NJCAA Division I Champion
2016–17 Salt Lake CC 21–10 9–7 3rd
2017–18 Salt Lake CC 30–4 10–2 1st NJCAA Division I First Round
2018–19 Salt Lake CC 20–9 7–5 3rd
Salt Lake CC: 205–58 (.779) 82–32 (.719)
Total: 205–58 (.779)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ a b "Todd Phillips". coachesdatabase.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Todd Phillips - Head Coach, Men's Basketball - Men's Basketball Coaches". Utah Valley University Athletics.
  3. ^ "Todd Phillips - Men's Basketball Coach". Salt Lake Community College Athletics.
  4. ^ "2015-16 NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship". NJCAA.
  5. ^ "#TBT: 2015-16 SLCC Men's Basketball remembers national championship in their own words". Salt Lake Community College Athletics.
  6. ^ "Todd Phillips promoted to associate head coach". Utah Valley University Athletics. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "TODD PHILLIPS". Utah Valley University Athletics. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  8. ^ "Utah Valley drops 88-86 overtime decision to UAB in NIT semifinal". Utah Valley University Athletics.
  9. ^ "Todd Phillips Named Utah Valley Men's Basketball Head Coach". WAC Sports. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "Todd Phillips promoted to head coach at Utah Valley". Coaches Database. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  11. ^ Lee, Gavin. "UVU announces Todd Phillips as new men's basketball head coach". UVU Review. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  12. ^ "Todd Phillips named Utah Valley University men's basketball head coach". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  13. ^ Greene, Dana. "Todd Phillips hired as UVU head basketball coach". ABC4 Utah. Retrieved April 14, 2023.