Philip Mathews

Phil Mathews

Mathews in 2011 with UCLA.
Sport(s)	Men's basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Riverside City College
Conference	Orange Empire Conference
Record	22–34
Biographical details
Born	(1950-11-27) November 27, 1950 (age 66) Riverside, California
Playing career
1968–1970	Riverside CC
1970–1972	UC Irvine
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972–1973	UC Irvine (asst.)
1973–1974	Santa Ana Valley HS (JV)
1974–1978	UC Irvine (asst.)
1978–1981	Santa Ana Valley HS
1981–1985	Cal State Fullerton (asst.)
1985–1995	Ventura CC
1995–2004	San Francisco
2004–2006	San Bernardino Valley CC
2006–2010	Nebraska (asst.)
2010–2013	UCLA (asst.)
2013–present	Riverside CC
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1994–1995	Riverside CC
Head coaching record
Overall	139–123 (college) 371–107 (junior college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× CCCAA (1987, 1995) Foothill Conference (2005) WCC Tournament (1998) 9× Western State Conference North Division (1987–1995) Western State Conference (1986)

Phillip Louis "Phil" Mathews (born November 27, 1950) is an American basketball coach who is currently head men's basketball coach at Riverside City College. A native of Riverside, California, Mathews played college basketball at Riverside City and UC Irvine.

Since 1972, Mathews has coached at the high school, junior college, and college levels. He began his career as an assistant at UC Irvine, Santa Ana Valley High School, and Cal State Fullerton. From 1985 to 1995, Mathews was a junior college head coach at Ventura and led Ventura to ten conference titles and two state titles. Mathews then was head coach for the University of San Francisco from 1995 to 2004, before returning to the junior college ranks as San Bernardino Valley head coach from 2004 to 2006. Mathews then became an assistant coach at two NCAA programs, Nebraska from 2006 to 2010 and UCLA from 2010 to 2013. Mathews became head coach at Riverside City in 2013.

Phillip Louis Mathews was born in Riverside, California and graduated from John W. North High School in Riverside in 1968. Mathews then attended Riverside City College for two years and transferred to the University of California, Irvine and lettered two years as a guard on the UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team. Mathews graduated from UC Irvine in 1972 with a B.A. in comparative cultures.