Don L. Phillips

Don L. Phillips is a former American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in West Virginia (1946–1947), Shepherd College (1948–1950), and West Virginia Institute of Technology (1951–1956), compiling a career college football record of 42–47–3. Phillips was also the head basketball coach at Shepherd from 1949 to 1951, tallying a mark of 17–24.

Don L. Phillips

Biographical details
Born	Maywood, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Wheaton College 1941
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1946–1947	Bethany (WV)
1948–1950	Shepherd
1951–1956	West Virginia Tech
Basketball
1949–1951	Shepherd
Head coaching record
Overall	42–47–3 (football) 17–24 (basketball)

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Bethany Bison (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1946–1947)
1946	Bethany	1–7	0–2	NA
1947	Bethany	0–8	0–2	NA
Bethany:		1–15	0–4
Shepherd Rams (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1948–1950)
1948	Shepherd	3–3–1	2–3–1	8th
1949	Shepherd	6–2	4–2	T–4th
1950	Shepherd	4–4–1	3–2–1	T–4th
Shepherd:		13–9–2	9–7–2
West Virginia Tech Golden Bears (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1951–1956)
1951	West Virginia Tech	7–1	5–1	2nd
1952	West Virginia Tech	6–3	3–1	3rd
1953	West Virginia Tech	1–7	1–3	7th
1954	West Virginia Tech	5–4	3–2	3rd
1955	West Virginia Tech	5–3–1	3–2	3rd
1956	West Virginia Tech	4–5	1–3	T–6th
West Virginia Tech:		28–23–1	16–12
Total:		42–47–3