A. L. Phillips was an American college football player and coach. He played football as a halfback at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania and was captain of the 1900 Washington & Jefferson football team before graduating in 1901. Phillips served as the head football coach at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee from 1902 to 1904. He led the 1903 Cumberland Bulldogs to share of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title.[1][2]
 Phillips pictured in The Phoenix 1903, Cumberland University yearbook | |
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1899–1900 | Washington & Jefferson |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1902–1904 | Cumberland (TN) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 12–7–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SIAA (1903) | |
Phillips was later treasurer of the Union Trust Company of Washington, Pennsylvania.[3]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1902–1904) | |||||||||
| 1902 | Cumberland | 3–5 | 1–4 | 12th | |||||
| 1903 | Cumberland | 6–1–1 | 4–1–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1904 | Cumberland | 3–1 | 1–1 | 8th | |||||
| Cumberland: | 12–7–1 | 6–6–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 12–7–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Mayor Philip Craighead | City of Lebanon, Tennessee". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ Langum, David J (January 2010). From Maverick to Mainstream: Cumberland School of Law, 1847-1997. p. 95. ISBN 9780820336183.
- ^ "Bank Treasurer Named Victory Loan Director For Washington County". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. March 31, 1919. p. 7. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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