Phil Mathews (basketball)
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Riverside City College |
Conference | Orange Empire Conference |
Record | 22–34 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Riverside, California, U.S. | November 27, 1950
Playing career | |
1968–1970 | Riverside CC |
1970–1972 | UC Irvine |
Position(s) | Santa Ana Valley HS (JV) |
1974–1978 | UC Irvine (asst.) |
1978–1981 | Santa Ana Valley HS |
1981–1985 | Cal State Fullerton (asst.) |
1985–1995 | Ventura CC |
1995–2004 | San Francisco |
2004–2006 | San Bernardino Valley CC |
2006–2010 | Nebraska (asst.) |
2010–2013 | UCLA (asst.) |
2013–present | Riverside CC |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1994–1995 | Ventura CC |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 139–123 (college) 371–107 (junior college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Phillip Louis Mathews (born November 27, 1950) is an American basketball coach who is currently head men's basketball coach at Riverside City College. A native of Riverside, California, Mathews played college basketball at Riverside City and UC Irvine.
Since 1972, Mathews has coached at the high school, junior college, and college levels. He began his career as an assistant at UC Irvine,
In the 1998 episode of
Early life and college playing career
Phillip Louis Mathews was born in
Coaching career
Mathews began his coaching career in the 1972–73 season as an assistant at UC Irvine under Tim Tift.
In 1981, Mathews returned to the collegiate ranks in his first NCAA Division I job, as an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton under George McQuarn.[1] During Mathews's four seasons on staff, Cal State Fullerton made the 1983 National Invitation Tournament.
From 1985 to 1995, Mathews was head coach on the junior college level, at Ventura College. Mathews had a 298–56 record at Ventura, with CCCAA titles in 1987 and 1995. Mathews also served as athletics coordinator at Ventura in the 1994–95 season.[1]
Mathews then was head coach at the
After USF, Mathews returned to the junior college ranks as head coach at San Bernardino Valley College. Mathews led San Bernardino Valley to a 27–5 record in 2004–05 with the Foothill Conference title, then 24–12 in 2005–06.[4] In 2006, Mathews returned to Division I as an assistant coach at Nebraska under Doc Sadler. Mathews remained on staff for four seasons, during which Nebraska made the NIT in 2008 and 2009.
In 2010, Mathews joined
Personal life
Mathews's two sons Jordan and Jonah are professional basketball players.[8]
Head coaching record
Junior college
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Ventura Pirates (Western State Conference) (1985–1995) | |||||||||
1985–86 | Ventura CC | 17–10 | 8–4 | T-1st | CCCAA Regional Finals | ||||
1986–87 | Ventura CC | 31–4 | 12–1 | 1st (North) | CCCAA Champions | ||||
1987–88 | Ventura CC | 23–9 | 11–2 | 1st (North) | CCCAA Regional Second Round | ||||
1988–89 | Ventura CC | 28–6 | 12–2 | 1st (North) | CCCAA Regional Finals | ||||
1989–90 | Ventura CC | 26–10 | 11–3 | 1st (North) | CCCAA Regional Second Round | ||||
1990–91 | Ventura CC | 30–5 | 8–0 | 1st (North) | CCCAA Regional Finals | ||||
1991–92 | Ventura CC | 33–5 | 8–0 | 1st (North) | CCCAA Final Four | ||||
1992–93 | Ventura CC | 37–2 | 8–0 | 1st (North) | CCCAA Runner-up | ||||
1993–94 | Ventura CC | 36–3 | 7–1 | 1st (North) | CCCAA Runner-up | ||||
1994–95 | Ventura CC | 37–1 | 9–1 | 1st (North) | CCCAA Champions | ||||
Ventura CC: | 298–56 | 94–14 | |||||||
San Bernardino Valley Wolverines (Foothill Conference) (2004–2006) | |||||||||
2004–05 | San Bernardino Valley CC | 27–5 | 13-1 | 1st[9] | CCCAA Runner-up | ||||
2005–06 | San Bernardino Valley CC | 24–12 | 10–4 | 3rd[10] | |||||
San Bernardino Valley CC: | 51–17 | 23–5 | |||||||
Riverside City Tigers (Orange Empire Conference) (2013–present) | |||||||||
2013–14 | Riverside CC | 12–17 | 6–6 | 4th | |||||
2014–15 | Riverside CC | 10–17 | 5–7 | 5th | |||||
Riverside CC: | 22–34 | 11–13 | |||||||
Total: | 371–107 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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College
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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San Francisco Dons (West Coast Conference) (1995–2004) | |||||||||
1995–96 | San Francisco | 15–12 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
1996–97 | San Francisco | 16–13 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
1997–98 | San Francisco | 19–11 | 7–7 | 5th | NCAA Division I First Round
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1998–99 | San Francisco | 12–18 | 4–10 | 7th | |||||
1999–00 | San Francisco | 19–9 | 7–7 | 5th | |||||
2000–01 | San Francisco | 12–18 | 5–9 | 5th | |||||
2001–02 | San Francisco | 13–15 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
2002–03 | San Francisco | 15–14 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
2003–04 | San Francisco | 17–14 | 7–7 | 4th | |||||
San Francisco: | 138–124 | 64–62 | |||||||
Total: | 138–124 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Philip Mathews". San Francisco Dons. Archived from the original on May 25, 2005. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ a b Weyler, John (January 14, 1993). "He's Got Ventura His Way". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ Adams, Bruce (March 9, 2004). "Coach Mathews fired by USF". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ "Phil Mathews". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ Steele, Allan (May 14, 2013). "Phil Mathews to take over at RCC". Riverside Press-Enterprise. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ "2013-14 Men's Basketball Schedule".
- ^ "2014-15 Riverside City College Men's Basketball Schedule".
- ^ Thiry, Lindsey (January 27, 2018). "Something was amiss for USC's Jonah Mathews, but then he changed shoes and his shots fell". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). athletics.rcc.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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