Phyllis Holmes was a longtime basketball coach for Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois. She also served as a women's Olympic assistant coach for USA Basketball.
She was inducted into the National Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001 for her years spent as a player, coach, administrator, and official of women's basketball.[1][2] She was the first woman ever elected President of the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) basketball association.[3]