| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Michael Phillips | ||
| Date of birth | June 9, 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Australia | ||
| Playing position | midfielder(retired) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Coffs Harbour | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1982-1993 | Sydney Olympic | 258 | (13) |
| 1993-1997 | Brisbane Strikers | 98 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1981 | Australian Schoolboys | ? | (?) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999–2001 | Queensland Academy of Sport | ||
| 2001 | Tonga | ||
| 2001–2003 | Sydney Olympic | ||
| 2009–2011 | Sabah FA | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Gary Phillips (born 9 June 1963) is a former Australian football (soccer) player and current head coach. He was the head coach of Malaysian Super League team, Sabah FA.
A central midfielder, Phillips played for more than a decade with Sydney Olympic in the National Soccer League before joining Brisbane Strikers, winning titles with both clubs. He retired after the 1996–1997 season.
As a coach, Phillips was in charge of Sydney Olympic in the 2001–2002 and 2002–2003 seasons, winning the title in 2001–2002 before he was extraordinarily dismissed the following season. After working in a coaching capacity for the Asian Football Confederation in Kuala Lumpur, Phillips took over as head coach and technical director of Malaysian Premier League side Sabah FA in December 2009 and guided the team to Super League promotion in just 7 months.[1] After a tough start to life in the Super League as the team was rocked by injury and forced to play eight of their first 12 matches on the road, Phillips was dismissed on 5 May 2011, replaced by former Sabah player and coach of Sabah President's Cup team, Justin Ganai.[2]
Gary is also an occasional football pundit on Malaysian television network, Astro and its twice weekly FourFourTwo TV Show.