&sq=&lang=&file=File:Phil_Mathews_in_2011.jpg) Mathews in 2011 with UCLA. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Riverside City College |
| Conference | Orange Empire Conference |
| Record | 22–34 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 27, 1950 Riverside, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1968–1970 | Riverside CC |
| 1970–1972 | UC Irvine |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972–1973 | UC Irvine (asst.) |
| 1973–1974 | 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, Santa Ana Valley High School, and Cal State Fullerton. From 1985 to 1995, Mathews was a junior college head coach at Ventura and led Ventura to ten conference titles and two state titles. Mathews then was head coach for the University of San Francisco from 1995 to 2004, before returning to the junior college ranks as San Bernardino Valley head coach from 2004 to 2006. Mathews then became an assistant coach at two NCAA programs, Nebraska from 2006 to 2010 and UCLA from 2010 to 2013. Mathews became head coach at Riverside City in 2013.
In the 1998 episode of Teletubbies entitled, "Basketball", Mathews made an appearance with his son, Jordan, as they played basketball on the Sobrato Center court.