Coach Phil is originally from Athens, Ohio, where he grew up playing hockey for the Athens Youth Hockey Association (AYHA).  After high school, Phil played junior hockey for the Cincinnati Cobras and Cincinnati Cyclones in the Central States Hockey League (CSHL).  Following his junior hockey career, Phil returned home to play for the Ohio University Bobcats and earned his bachelor's degree in Recreation Management. 

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Throughout Phil’s playing career, he consistently assisted with youth hockey practices and camps.  Once he had completed playing at Ohio University, he immediately stepped into a coaching role with the Ohio University ACHA D2 team and became Bird Arena’s Learn To Play Hockey Coordinator from 2011-2018.  From 2015-2018 Phil also served as the AYHA Hockey Director, overseeing the on-ice hockey operations of all age groups. 

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In 2018 Phil moved out of college hockey and into junior hockey as the Head Coach for two different North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) teams. Phil was the Head Coach and General Manager for the Yellowstone Quake from 2018-21 before jumping to the same role with the Austin Ice Bats from 2021-22.  In both roles Phil continued to work within youth hockey.  First, as a volunteer with Park County Youth Hockey in Cody, WY and then as a Hockey Director with the Austin Metro Hockey Association (AMHA), overseeing the Texas Rising Stars program. 

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In 2022, Phil received the opportunity to join the Corpus Christi Ice Rays of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) as an Assistant Coach.  Phil spent the first two-and-a-half seasons as an Assistant Coach with the Ice Rays before being elevated to the title of Associate Head Coach and Head of Hockey Operations for the 2025-26 season. 

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Phil is currently working as the Assistant Coach for the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League (USHL).  Along with over 15 years of team coaching experience at the youth, junior, and collegiate levels, Phil also has extensive experience as a private skills and development coach.