Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | Ohio |
Conference | MAC |
Record | 53–43 (.552) |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Reedsburg, Wisconsin |
October 11, 1972
Playing career | |
1991–1995 | Wisconsin–Platteville |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1996–1997 | Wayne State (NE) (asst.) |
1997–1999 | Lake Superior State (asst.) |
1999–2001 | Milwaukee (asst.) |
2001–2004 | Wisconsin (operations) |
2004–2007 | North Dakota State (asst.) |
2007–2014 | North Dakota State |
2014–present | Ohio |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 187–126 (.597) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2× Summit League Tournament (2009, 2014) 2× Summit League regular season (2009, 2014) |
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Awards | |
2× Summit League Coach of the Year (2009, 2014) |
Saul Edward Phillips (born October 10, 1972) is an American college basketball head coach for the Ohio Bobcats. Phillips is a graduate of University of Wisconsin–Platteville.
Saul Phillips got his start at NDSU as an assistant coach under Tim Miles in 2004. When Miles left the school to coach Colorado State in 2007, Phillips was promoted to head coach.
In 2009 Phillips led the North Dakota State Bison to win the Summit League tournament championship and became the first team since Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana–Lafayette) in 1972 to advance to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in their first year of eligibility. On January 17, 2013; Saul Phillips notched his 100th win with the Bison.
Phillips reached the NCAA tournament once again in 2014 after winning the Summit League tournament. Seeded 12th in the NCAA Tournament, the Bison upset 5th seeded Oklahoma in the second round 80-75, then lost to 4th seeded San Diego State 44-63 in the third round. He is currently 4th on the all-time wins list in NDSU men's basketball history.
On April 6, 2014; Saul Phillips agreed to become the 18th head coach of the Ohio Bobcats.