Utah Valley University Athletics

Todd Phillips enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Utah Valley University men's basketball program and his eighth season overall with the Wolverines. Phillips signed a contract extension in September 2026 that will keep him at the helm of the program through the 2029-30 season.

Phillips owns a 66-34 overall record through his first three seasons as head coach, including a 40-14 mark in Western Athletic Conference play. His .660 winning percentage is the best among Utah Valley head coaches during the program's Division I era.

Phillips has led Utah Valley to unprecedented success over the past two seasons, guiding the Wolverines to back-to-back 25-win campaigns, consecutive outright WAC regular season championships, back-to-back appearances in the WAC Tournament championship game, and two straight National Invitation Tournament berths. Utah Valley became the first team in program history to record consecutive 25-win seasons and the first to win back-to-back outright conference championships.

Phillips is one of just six Division I head coaches to have won regular season conference championships in each of the previous two seasons, joining Jon Scheyer (Duke), Rick Pitino (St. John’s), Randy Bennett (Saint Mary’s), Ritchie McKay (Liberty), and James Jones (Yale). He is also the only coach in UVU history to win back-to-back conference championships, the only coach to produce consecutive 25-win seasons, and the fastest coach in program history to reach 60 career victories.

In 2025-26, Phillips guided Utah Valley to a 25-9 overall record and a 14-4 mark in WAC play as the Wolverines captured their second straight outright WAC regular season championship and fifth conference regular season title in program history. UVU earned the No. 1 seed in the WAC Tournament, advanced to the tournament championship game for the second consecutive season, and earned its second straight berth in the NIT.

The Wolverines dominated at home during the 2025-26 regular season, going a perfect 15-0 at the UCCU Center before finishing 15-1 overall at home. Utah Valley posted a 27-1 home record over the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons and carried a 27-game home winning streak into the NIT, which at the time ranked as the fourth-longest active streak in the nation.

Utah Valley also ranked among the nation's most productive and disruptive teams in 2025-26. The Wolverines finished sixth nationally in steals per game (9.4), seventh in assists per game (18.5), seventh in turnovers forced per game (15.24), ninth in blocks per game (5.4), 11th in field goal percentage (.501), 23rd in scoring margin (+11.4), 35th in winning percentage (.735), and 40th in rebound margin (+5.1). UVU finished the season with the WAC's highest NCAA NET ranking at No. 85 and highest KenPom ranking at No. 91.

Phillips' 2025-26 squad rewrote several Utah Valley offensive records, setting single-season program marks for scoring average at 80.1 points per game, field goal percentage at .501, assists with 630, and assists per game at 18.5. The Wolverines scored 2,724 points, the second-most in a season in program history, while averaging 80.1 points and allowing just 68.8 per game.

Several Wolverines also produced record-setting individual seasons under Phillips. Trevan Leonhardt set the UVU single-season assists record with 205 while averaging a program-record 6.0 assists per game. He also finished his UVU career as the program's all-time leader in steals with 160 and ranked second in career assists with 419. Leonhardt was the only player in the nation in 2025-26 to average at least 11 points, five rebounds, six assists, and two steals per game.

Jackson Holcombe set Utah Valley's single-season steals record with 75 while averaging 16.0 points per game. Leonhardt and Holcombe each earned First Team All-WAC, WAC All-Defensive Team, and WAC All-Tournament Team honors.

A year earlier, Phillips led Utah Valley to a 25-9 record and a dominant 15-1 WAC mark in 2024-25, capturing the outright WAC regular season championship. The Wolverines earned the No. 1 seed in the 2025 WAC Tournament and advanced to the championship game for the first time in program history before earning a berth in the NIT. UVU finished the season ranked No. 19 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 poll.

Phillips was named the 2025 WAC Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year award, given annually to the nation's top mid-major head coach. His team earned numerous postseason honors, including WAC Player of the Year Dominick Nelson, WAC Defensive Player of the Year Carter Welling, All-WAC Second Team selections Welling and Tanner Toolson, and WAC All-Freshman Team honoree Jackson Holcombe.

Under Phillips' leadership in 2024-25, UVU ranked among the top defensive teams in the country, finishing fifth nationally in blocks per game (5.6), 25th in defensive rebounds per game (27.35), and 41st in rebounds per game (38.21). The Wolverines also led the WAC in field goal percentage (46.8%), assists per game (15.6), and rebound margin (+4.9). Utah Valley went a perfect 12-0 at the UCCU Center during the regular season.

In his first season as head coach in 2023-24, Phillips led the Wolverines to a 16-16 record, setting a UVU record for most wins by a first-year head coach. UVU went 11-9 in league play, also the most WAC wins by a first-year head coach in program history, and finished tied for fourth in the conference standings. The Wolverines closed the regular season by winning seven of their final eight games, including a road sweep of Tarleton State and Abilene Christian. Phillips also guided UVU to a runner-up finish at the 2023 Jacksonville Classic and a 4-2 record against in-state opponents, with wins over Weber State, Utah Tech, and two over Southern Utah. Osiris Grady earned WAC All-Freshman Team honors under Phillips.

Prior to becoming head coach, Phillips served four seasons under Mark Madsen, including two as associate head coach. During that time, he helped lead UVU to two WAC regular season titles (2020-21, 2022-23) and a 70-51 record over four seasons. The 2022-23 squad posted a school-record 28 wins, went 15-3 in WAC play, and reached the NIT semifinals after wins over New Mexico, Colorado, and Cincinnati. UVU finished that season ranked No. 10 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major poll and posted its highest-ever end-of-season NET (58) and KenPom (64) rankings.

Phillips has coached some of the most decorated players in UVU history, including Aziz Bandaogo and Fardaws Aimaq, both WAC Defensive Players of the Year and All-District honorees. Aimaq was also the second player in program history to be named WAC Player of the Year and led the nation in rebounding in 2020-21.

Before joining UVU, Phillips was the head coach at Salt Lake Community College from 2011-19, where he compiled a 205-58 record and led SLCC to the 2016 NJCAA National Championship. He was named the NJCAA National Coach of the Year and mentored NJCAA Tournament MVP Conner Toolson. His SLCC tenure also included four NJCAA Tournament appearances, four Region 18 Tournament titles, and three SWAC Coach of the Year honors.

Phillips began his coaching career with eight seasons as an assistant at Westminster College, helping guide the Griffins to eight 20-win seasons and six NAIA Tournament berths. As a player, Phillips competed at Snow College before finishing his career at Lewis-Clark State.

He and his wife, Bobbi, are both originally from Boise, Idaho, and have two children: daughter Kinzi and son Zach.

PERSONAL
Hometown: Boise, Idaho
Family: Wife, Bobbi; daughter, Kinzi; son, Zach

EDUCATION
1995-97 – Snow College (A.S.)
1997-99 – Lewis-Clark State (B.S., Education, Kinesiology)
2001-03 – University of Utah (M.S., Education Administration)

COACHING CAREER
2000-08 – Assistant Coach, Westminster College
2008-11 – Assistant Coach, Salt Lake Community College
2011-19 – Head Coach, Salt Lake Community College
2019-21 – Assistant Coach, Utah Valley
2021-23 – Associate Head Coach, Utah Valley
2023-present – Head Coach, Utah Valley

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Back-to-back outright WAC Regular Season Champion (2024-25, 2025-26)
• WAC Regular Season Champion (2020-21, 2022-23, 2024-25, 2025-26)
• Back-to-back 25-win seasons as head coach (2024-25, 2025-26)
• Back-to-back WAC Tournament championship game appearances (2025, 2026)
• Back-to-back NIT appearances (2025, 2026)
• NIT Semifinals (2022-23)
• WAC Coach of the Year (2025)
• Hugh Durham Award Finalist (2025)
• NJCAA National Champion (2015-16)
• NJCAA Coach of the Year (2016)
• Three SWAC Coach of the Year awards
• Four NJCAA Tournament appearances
• Four Region 18 Tournament titles