Todd Douglas Phillips (born November 25, 1973) is an American

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who is currently the head coach of the

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team.

Playing career

Phillips played college basketball at

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for a pair of seasons before finishing his playing career at Lewis-Clark State.

Coaching career

After graduation, Phillips' first college coaching job was as an assistant at Westminster College for eight seasons, before spending another three at

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. 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

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in 2016. During his time at Salt Lake, Phillips coached multiple

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players, plus

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player

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. 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. On April 6, 2023, Phillips was promoted to head coach at Utah Valley when Madsen accepted the head coaching position at

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. 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

NJCAA

References

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