Dan Phillips is the new season coach for the Hawaiian football team
Dan Phillips is the new season coach for the Hawaiian football team

Head coach Todd Graham added Dan Phillips as a special team coordinator to the third stage of the football coaching staff, and school officials announced today.

Philips has been training for 26 years at college and secondary levels. For five seasons under Graham, Arizona, Philips served as a special team and senior defense analyst

“Danny Phillips is an experienced person who trains and manages a special team,” Graham said in a press free. Philips changes Michael Gobrial, a special team manager for Rainbow Warriors, and submissive two weeks ago to join a Washington State staff member.

Dan Phillips: Philips has worked with Graham three times, working as a defensive coach in Tulsa from 2003 to 2005, and Graham was a defensive coordinator.

Dan Phillips is the new season coach for the Hawaiian football team
Dan Phillips is the new season coach for the Hawaiian football team

Philips served as coordinator and defensive line coach for a special team that stayed with Rice for a year after Graham. The two later met in Arizona.

Philips played several roles on the campus from 2013 to 2017, including offensive analysts, defensive analysts, and recruitment managers.

Philips recently served as a high school assistant at Bearden High School in Tennessee, and also worked as a “training coordinator” for the Israeli Football League. In a press release, Graham stated: Welcome Philips Coach to the Hawaiian football family. ”

Training experience (courtesy of Hawaii Athletics)
1993: Edmund Memorial High School (Oklahoma), Linebackers
1994-96: Santa Fe High School (Oklahoma), Defense Coordinator / Special Equipment Assistant

1997-2001: Allen High School (Texas), Special Team Coordinator / Linebackers
2002: West Virginia, Graduate Assistant
2003-05: Tulsa, defense line
2006: Rice, Special Team Coordinator / Defense Line
2008-09: Broken Arrow High School (Oklahoma), Linebacker / Special Team Coordinator
2010-12: Central High School (Oklahoma), Head Coach / Athletic Director
2013-17: Arizona, Senior Analyst / Special Team and Defense
2018-19: McKinney North High School, Special Team Coordinator / Defense Line