Phil Snow
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Baylor |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 22, 1955 Woodland, California |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1976 | Berkeley (CA) HS (JV/DB) |
| 1977–1978 | Winters (CA) HS (DB) |
| 1979 | Laney (DB) |
| 1980–1981 | Laney (DC) |
| 1982 | Boise State (DB) |
| 1983–1986 | Boise State (DC/S) |
| 1987–1991 | California (DB) |
| 1992–1994 | Arizona State (DB) |
| 1995–2000 | Arizona State (DC) |
| 2001–2002 | UCLA (DC/S) |
| 2003 | Washington (Co-DC/CB) |
| 2004 | Washington (DC/SAF) |
| 2005 | Detroit Lions (DA) |
| 2006–2008 | Detroit Lions (LB) |
| 2010–2012 | Eastern Michigan (DC/DB) |
| 2013–2016 | Temple (DC) |
| 2017–present | Baylor (DC) |
Phillip Snow (born December 22, 1955) is the defensive coordinator at Baylor University. He attended Sacramento CC (1974–75) and Cal. State Hayward (1977–78), where he received a Bachelor's in Physical Education. He began his coaching career at the high school level with positions at Berkeley High in 1976 and Winters High in 1977-78.
He began his coaching career at the high school level with positions at Berkeley High in 1976 and Winters High in 1977-78. Before arriving at Boise State, Snow spent three years at Laney College in Oakland, CA, where he was the secondary coach in 1979 and the co-defensive coordinator in 1980 and 1981.
From 1982-86, the Winters, CA native, served on the staff at Boise State for head coaches Lyle Setencich and Jim Criner. Snow was the defensive coordinator for the Broncos in his last four seasons. His 1986 squad was ranked sixth in the nation in total defense, allowing just 269.4 yards per game and recorded two shutouts. It also yielded just 80.3 yards on the ground to rank fourth in the nation in that category. In his final three seasons at Boise State, Snow served as assistant to the head coach in addition to his duties as defensive coordinator.
At California, Snow tutored the secondary in each of his five seasons in Berkeley, improving the unit each year. His philosophy of man-to-man coverage was a key ingredient in the Golden Bear defensive success. The 1990 and 1991 teams won the first back-to-back bowl games (Copper and Citrus) in school history. The 1991 team moved up as high as sixth in the weekly national rankings and played in the school’s first New Year’s Day bowl game in 33 years.
Snow coached former Sun Devil defensive standouts such as Craig Newsome, Lenny McGill, Kevin Miniefield and Jason Simmons who each went on to the NFL.
Snow’s 1996 ASU squad played in the ’97 Rose Bowl game and finished first in the conference in rush defense (98.0), pass defense (104.2) and total defense (306.2). It held Nebraska scoreless in one game and limited the opposition to under 10 points in five games total that season. The team finished the season ranked fourth in the nation in both polls.
In 1999, Snow’s defense finished third in the Pac-10 in scoring defense and featured NFL draft picks Erik Flowers and Junior Ioane on a team which played in the Aloha Bowl. His 1997 group ranked third in the Pac-10, but was first in scoring defense (18.5 ppg). The unit was led by Morris Trophy winner Jeremy Staat and Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year Pat Tillman. ASU played in the Sun Bowl and finished the season ranked 14th in both polls.
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