Joker Phillips
Washington Redskins | |
1986 | Toronto Argonauts |
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1987 | Washington Redskins |
Position(s) | DB) |
1999–2000 | Minnesota (WR) |
2001 | Notre Dame (WR) |
2002 | South Carolina (WR) |
2003 | Kentucky (RC/WR) |
2004 | Kentucky (RC/PGC/WR) |
2005–2009 | Kentucky (OC/WR) |
2010–2012 | Kentucky |
2013 | Florida (WR/RC) |
2015 | Cleveland Browns (WR) |
2016 | Ohio State (OQC) |
2017–2018 | Cincinnati (WR) |
2019–2020 | Maryland (co-OC/WR) |
2021–present | NC State (AHC/WR) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 13–24 |
Bowls | 0–1 |
Joe "Joker" Phillips Jr. (born May 12, 1963) is an American football coach and former player. He is the assistant head football coach and wide receivers coach at North Carolina State University, a position he had held since the 2021 season. Phillips served as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky from 2010 to 2012.
Playing career
After a standout career at
After college, Phillips played two seasons in the
Coaching career
After his career in the NFL, Phillips became a graduate assistant on the Kentucky football team. In 1990, he was promoted to assistant recruiting coordinator and in 1991 to wide receivers coach. In 1997, he was hired as wide receivers coach at the University of Cincinnati. Following two seasons in Cincinnati, Phillips made coaching stops at Minnesota, Notre Dame, and South Carolina. Phillips succeeded Urban Meyer as wide receivers coach at Notre Dame.
When Rich Brooks was hired as head football coach at Kentucky in late 2002, Phillips returned to his alma mater to serve as recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach. With the departure of Ron Hudson late in the 2004 season, he was named offensive coordinator of the Wildcats.
Phillips helped to rejuvenate Kentucky's offensive scheme. Under Phillips' balanced offense,
In January 2008, Phillips was named as Brooks' successor, and his title was changed to "head coach of the offense".
In 2011, he led the Wildcats' to a season-ending 10–7 victory over
Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced on November 4, 2012, that Phillips would not return as coach in 2013 after a 1–9 start to the season.[9] Barnhart did say that Phillips would coach the remaining games and finish out the year on the sidelines for the Wildcats.
On December 3, 2012, Phillips was hired by the
On January 29, 2015, the Cleveland Browns hired Phillips as wide receivers coach under Mike Pettine.[13] Phillips was not retained for the next season, when Hue Jackson replaced Pettine as head coach.
On June 29, 2016, Ohio State hired Phillips as a Quality Control Assistant under head coach Urban Meyer.[14] Phillips returned to the University of Cincinnati in 2017 to coach Wide Receivers, a position he held through the 2018 season.
Personal life
Joe Phillips Jr. was given his nickname "Joker" by his grandfather to distinguish him from his father, also named Joe. He was married to Leslie Stamatis, associate professor of kinesiology at Georgetown College in Kentucky, from 1999 through 2017 when they divorced.[5]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (2010–2012) | |||||||||
2010 | Kentucky | 6–7 | 2–6 | 5th (Eastern) | L BBVA Compass | ||||
2011 | Kentucky | 5–7 | 2–6 | 5th (Eastern) | |||||
2012 | Kentucky | 2–10 | 0–8 | 7th (Eastern) | |||||
Kentucky: | 13–24 | 4–20 | |||||||
Total: | 13–24 |
References
- ^ "Phillips, Joseph "Joker"". Notable Kentucky African Americans Database. University of Kentucky Libraries. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ^ "Joker Phillips". University of Florida. Archived from the original on May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ Joker Phillips NFL stats at pro-football-reference.com
- ^ "2006 Kentucky Wildcats Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ a b "Joker Phillips". Kentucky Wildcats. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ^ Cosby, Chip. "Joker gets a deal; When Brooks leaves, Phillips has the job". Lexington Herald-Leader. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ^ "The Future Is Now for Joker Phillips" (Press release). University of Kentucky Athletic Department. January 6, 2010. Archived from the original on January 9, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
- ^ "Kentucky ends 26-game skid vs. Tennessee, which will miss bowl". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 26, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ Graves, Gary (November 4, 2012). "Kentucky fires football coach Joker Phillips". Associated Press. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ "No. 4 Florida hires former Kentucky coach Joker Phillips as WRs coach, recruiting coordinator". The Washington Post. Associated Press. December 3, 2012. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
- ^ a b c Long, Mark (February 20, 2015). "Florida avoids NCAA penalties regarding Joker Phillips". Associated Press. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ "Florida Gators assistant Joker Phillips resigns". Tampa Bay Times. June 11, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ "Joker Phillips". Cleveland Browns. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ Landis, Bill (June 30, 2016). "Ohio State hires former Kentucky coach Joker Phillips". cleveland.com. Retrieved September 14, 2023.