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Dan Phillips

YEARS COACHING
  • Hawai‘i: 2nd season
  • Overall: 28th season
 
ALMA MATER
  • Central Oklahoma, 1993
 
COACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Hawai‘i, Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Line (2020)
  • McKinnney North HS (Texas), Special Teams Coordinator (2018-19)
  • Arizona State, Senior Analyst/Special Teams & Defense (2013-17)
  • Central HS (Okla.), Head Coach/Athletics Director (2010-12)
  • Broken Arrow HS (Okla.), Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator (2008-09)
  • Rice, Defensive Line/Special Teams Coordinator (2006)
  • Tulsa, Defensive Line (2003-05)
  • West Virginia, Graduate Assistant (2002)
  • Allen HS (Texas), Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers (1997-2001)
  • Santa Fe HS (Okla.), Defensive Coordinator/Special Teams Assistant (1994-96)
  • Edmond Memorial HS (Okla.), Linebackers (1993)
     
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
  • Most experienced assistant on the UH coaching staff with more than 27 years of experience.
  • Spent five years on Todd Graham's staff at Arizona State as a senior analyst, where he worked with the special teams coordinator and assisted the defensive staff.
  • Phillips' association with Graham dates back to Allen High School in Texas and continued at West Virginia, Tulsa, and Rice.
  • During his time at ASU, Phillips helped the Sun Devils to back-to-back 10-win seasons and four bowl appearances.
  • During his three seasons at Tulsa, led the defensive line and helped the Golden Hurricane to two bowl appearances and the 2005 Conference USA Championship.
  • At WVU as a graduate assistant coach, Phillips assisted with the Mountaineers' linebackers and helped to the team to the 2002 Continental Tire Bowl.
  • On the high school level, helped Graham build Allen High School into a Class 5A power.
  • Phillips also spent three years on the staff at Santa Fe High School in Edmond, Okla., the last two as the defensive coordinator, and one season as the linebacker coach at Edmond High School, helping that squad to the Oklahoma Class 5A finals.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
  • Southeastern Oklahoma State, 1988-91

PLAYING HIGHLIGHTS
  • Helped Southeastern Oklahoma State to back-to-back titles in 1988 and `89.

HOMETOWN
  • Marlow, Okla.

EDUCATION
  • Central Oklahoma, B.S., Health & Physical Education - Minor in General Science and Biology (1993)