Cowley County Community College Men's Cross Country

Phillips begins his 14th year at Cowley. He has guided the Tiger mens team to six of the past 10 indoor conference titles and five of the past 10 outdoor conference championships. He also has led the womens team to a pair of indoor region titles in the past seven seasons and helped them capture four of the past 10 conference titles during the outdoor season. In 2008, Phillips led Cowleys mens team to its first ever Jayhawk East Conference Triple Crown winning championships in indoor track, outdoor track and cross country. In Phillips time at Cowley, he has led the Tigers to two national championships, 28 Jayhawk Conference titles, 11 Region VI titles, and 14 top-five finishes at the NJCAA National Championships. Prior to coming to Cowley, he spent 12 years at Johnson County Community College, including four years as head coach. During his tenure at Johnson, Phillips played a key role in a lengthy list of cross country and track team accomplishments. Phillips helped the Cavaliers: To National Junior College Athletic Association national championships in the women's marathon and women's cross country. Win 15 top-five NJCAA team trophies at national competitions. To 48 cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams to top-10 national finishes. Capture the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division team title 49 times and the Region VI team crown 11 times. To five conference triple crowns each for men and women during his tenure. In all, Phillips coached 273 All-Americans, nine NJCAA national champions, three NJCAA record holders, and one Olympic Festival gold medalist. Prior to coming to Johnson County, Phillips coached pole vault, long jump, triple jump, heptathlon and decathlon at Northwest Missouri State University in 1985 and 1986. He coached jumps, sprints, heptathlon and decathlon as an assistant at Cloud County Community College in 1988 and 1989, where he coached five All-Americans. From the fall of 1989 to the spring of 1991, he was the head cross country and track and field coach at Kansas City Community College, where he turned the program into a national contender in the sprints, coaching 34 All-Americans. The Northwest Missouri State graduate also saw his share of success as a collegiate student-athlete. He was a pole vaulter/sprinter at Cloud County and Northwest. At Cloud, Phillips was a Region VI champion and a two-time national qualifier in the pole vault. At Northwest, he set school and Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association records while winning three conference championships in the pole vault and as a member of a school record and National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II national qualifying 4x100-meter relay team. He was a member of the 1982 MIAA conference championship team and qualified for two NCAA Division II national meets in the pole vault. Phillips received a bachelors degree in physical education from Northwest in 1984. He earned his masters degree in education from University of Berkley-Michigan in 2001. He is USA Track and Field certified Level 1 coaching and Level 2 Jumps. He and his wife Naomi have three children: Katie, Josh, and Justin.