Scott Phillips Jr. is in his first season as a member of head coach Scott Benzel’s staff. He will serve as a co-offensive coordinator while also coaching the quarterbacks in 2023.
Phillips spent the 2022 season as an assistant quarterbacks and quality control coach at the University of Toledo, where he worked closely with Davey O’Brien and Maxwell Award finalist DeQuann Finn as well as Tucker Gleason. During his tenure Finn and Gleason combined to throw for over 3,500 yards en route to the 2022 Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship and Boca Raton Bowl victory over Liberty University.
Phillips was with the Hula Bowl as an assistant director of scouting and continues to serve as a quarterbacks coach. In 2021 as an assistant director of scouting he led 15 scouting interns, two scouting intern coordinators and three operations assistants and traveled to over 25 national sites for games, practices and film study. Phillips Jr. oversaw communications with all NFL scouts during the event, including practice performances, injuries, measurements and roster adjustments. As a Hula Bowl coach he led quarterbacks that included fifth round draft choice Sean Clifford of Penn State University, the University of Minnesota's Tanner Morgan, East Carolina University's Holton Ahlers and Southeast Louisiana University's Cole Kelley. Phillips' Kai squads earned Hula Bowl wins in 2022 and 2023.
Phillips earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from The Ohio State University in 2005. He owns a Northern Ohio real estate company as well as Guarino’s Restaurant, the oldest restaurant in Cleveland.
Phillips resides in Cleveland with his wife Jenny and children Madison (12) and Brayden (11).
