John Thomas Phillips (born February 6, 1947) is a former college basketball coach and current head high school basketball coach for Summit Christian Academy. Phillips was hired as the head coach at the

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after

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left to take the head coaching position with the Tennessee Volunteers.Plus College Basketball
'' New York Times'', April 10, 2001.

Assistant coaching career

Phillips started his assistant coaching career under Eddie Sutton at Oklahoma State, where he coached for two years.

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brought him onto his staff at Tulsa in his first season, and Phillips remained after Self left for the University of Illinois. He helped coach Tulsa to a win in the

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before being promoted to head coach.

Head coaching career

Head coaching record

Personal life

John Phillips also coached high school sports for 16 years, most notably at Broken Arrow High School, where he coached in between his assistant coach roles at Oklahoma State and Tulsa and won a state championship.

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