Denny Phillips

Defensive Backs Coach

Now in his 20th season on the Bluffton University football staff, Denny Phillips coaches the defensive backs.

The Beaver defense has been ranked second in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference for three out of the last seven years and was third in total defense during the 2004 campaign.

A native of Castalia, Ohio, Phillips earned Associated Press All-America honors in track at Margaretta High School before coming to Bluffton, where he lettered in track and basketball. He was the Bluffton University head track coach in the early 1990s, leading his teams to three conference titles in the Association of Mideast Colleges. His football coaching experience includes tenures at Lima, Perry and Leipsic high schools.

He teaches elementary health and physical education in the Bluffton public school system.

Coach Phillips lives in Bluffton with his wife, Kaye, and sons, Adam and Justin.