Saul Phillips (basketball)

Saul Phillips
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team North Dakota State
Biographical details
Place of birth Reedsburg, Wisconsin, USA
Playing career
1991–1995 Wisconsin–Platteville
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997
1997–1999
1999–2001
2001–2004
2004–2007
2007–present
Wayne State (asst.)
Lake Superior State (asst.)
UW–Milwaukee (asst.)
Wisconsin (operations)
North Dakota State (asst.)
North Dakota State
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Summit League Tournament Championship (2009)
Summit League Regular Season Championship (2009)
Awards
2009 Summit League Coach of the Year

Saul Phillips is an American college basketball head coach for the North Dakota State University men's basketball team. Phillips is a graduate of University of Wisconsin–Platteville. In 2009 Phillips led the Bison to win the Summit League tournament championship and became the first team since Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana–Lafayette) in 1972 to advance to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in their first year of eligibility.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
North Dakota State (The Summit League) (2007–present)
2007–2008 North Dakota State 16–13 10–8 4th
2008–2009 North Dakota State 26–7 16–2 1st NCAA First Round
2009–2010 North Dakota State 11–17 8–10 6th
North Dakota State: 53–37 34–10
Total: 48–24 (.667)

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

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