Philip D. Estes (born June 7, 1958) is an American
college football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Provide ...
from December 1997 until stepping down in November 2018.
Estes compiled a 115-94 record during his tenure at Brown University. He was the most successful coach at Brown University since the inception of the Ivy League in 1956. His three Ivy League championships are also the most of any Brown coach in the Ivy League era.
Estes is an alumnus of the
University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, mov ...
and a former
offensive lineman
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on the Wildcat's football team. Prior to receiving the head coach position at Brown, Estes served as an assistant at New Hampshire and Brown, as well as a
high school
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coach.
Head coaching record
References
1958 births
Living people
American football offensive linemen
Brown Bears football coaches
New Hampshire Wildcats football coaches
New Hampshire Wildcats football players
High school football coaches in New Hampshire
Sportspeople from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
People from Laconia, New Hampshire
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