Todd Phillips (basketball)

After graduation, Phillips' first college coaching job was as an assistant at Westminster College for eight seasons, before spending another three at Salt Lake Community College.^[3] In 2011, Phillips was named the head coach at Salt Lake, where in eight seasons he compiled a 205–58 overall record, including winning the NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 2016.^[4][5] During his time at Salt Lake, Phillips coached multiple NCAA Division I players, plus NBA player Gary Payton II.

In 2019, Phillips would join Mark Madsen's coaching staff at Utah Valley, where he became the team's associate head coach and was on staff for two WAC regular season titles, as well as the Wolverines' semifinal run in the 2023 NIT. ^[6][7][8]

On April 6, 2023, Phillips was promoted to head coach at Utah Valley when Madsen accepted the head coaching position at Cal.^{[9][10][11][12][13]} Phillips proceeded to win 16 games that season, the most by any first-year head coach in Utah Valley men's basketball history since the Wolverines became a full Division I member in July of 2009.

In his second season, Phillips led the Wolverines to a regular season WAC championship for the second time in three years, and their first-ever appearance in the WAC Tournament championship, losing to Grand Canyon. Phillips earned the WAC Coach of the Year honors and was rewarded with a two-year contract extension, keeping him at the school through 2027-28.