Clark University

• 2018-19 will be his 21st season as Clark University’s Head Coach
• 30th season overall as a head coach
• With over 400 career wins, Phillips is one of the most successful and recognizable faces in collegiate basketball

Rebuilding A Program

• Phillips first became the head coach of Clark in 1996-97, where he was assigned the task of resurrecting a once proud program
• Over eight years (1996-04), Phillips lead the Cougars to both regional and national prominence
• Record of 140-77 during this time
• Four time NEWMAC regular season champions (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003)
• Back-to-back NCAA National Quarterfinal (Elite Eight) appearances in 2001-2002
• Built the first men’s basketball dynasty of the NEWMAC era

Return of a Cougar

• Returned to the head coach position in 2006-07
• Four conference tournament appearances during this current 11-year span
• Won the NEWMAC Tournament Championship in 2009-10

Post Season Prowess

• Five trips to the NCAA Tournament (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010)
• Back-to-back NCAA National Quarterfinal (Elite Eight) appearances in 2001-2002
• Four NEWMAC regular season championships (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003)
• Four NEWMAC Conference Tournament championships (1999, 2001, 2003, 2010)—tied for most of any program in NEWMAC history
• 11 appearances in the NEWMAC Conference Tournament, including ten straight appearances between 1999-10

Coach Phillips: Honors and Records

• All-time leader in wins at Clark, entering the 2016-17 season with 251 wins
• 1999-00 NEWMAC Coach of the Year
• Over 400 career victories between Clark University and Anna Maria
• In 18 seasons at Clark, holds a 251-223 record
• Overall career record of 417-322 entering 2016-17

Success in 2010

• Won the NEWMAC Conference Tournament as the fifth-seed
• Defeated three higher seeds—including top-seeded and nationally-ranked MIT
• Reached the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament

Win Number 400

• A 71-70 win over Babson on January 29, 2014 gave Coach Phillips his 400 career win

The AMCAT Years

• Head Coach of Anna Maria College for 10 seasons (1986-96) before coming to Clark
• Reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and won a school record 25 games in 1996
• Overall record of 166-99
• Six Commonwealth Coast Conference regular season championships
• Won 20 or more games four times

More Than Athletics

• 1976 graduate of Assumption College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree with a teaching certification in history
• Received his master’s degree in counseling from Worcester State University 1989
• Spent 20 years as a teacher and guidance counselor at Saint John’s High School in Shrewsbury, Mass.

“Books First – Basketball Second”

• Active member of the Clark community
• Created the B1 – B2 clinics, which preach “Books First – Basketball Second”
• Established a weekly reading program at Woodland Elementary
• Introduced a math tutoring program at the University Park Campus School
• For all his work in the community, Phillips received the John Lund Award in 1998 and the Thomas Jefferson Award from Worcester Public Schools in 2012

Family Man

• Phillips resides in Shrewsbury with his wife Jane. They have two sons, Jeffrey and Jonathan—both Clark University graduates.