Joker Phillips
Joker Phillips went 13–24 as a head coach, 2010–2012, at Kentucky. Share
- Record
- 13–24 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2010 6–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kentucky | 6–7 | 5th (Eastern) | BBVA Compass Bowl L | ||
| 2011 | Kentucky | 5–7 | 5th (Eastern) | |||
| 2012 | Kentucky | 2–10 | 7th (Eastern) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 13 | 1–12 | 8% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 3–9 | 25% |
| Conference games | 24 | 4–20 | 17% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| At home | 21 | 11–10 | 52% |
| On the road | 14 | 1–13 | 7% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 14 | 11–3 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 23 | 2–21 | 9% |
His own 37 games on file, 2010–2012, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Taggart 2010–2012 | 2–1 | Western Kentucky | 3 | |
| Charlie Strong 2010–2012 | 1–2 | Louisville | 3 | |
| Steve Spurrier 2010–2012 | 1–2 | South Carolina | 3 | |
| Dan Mullen 2010–2012 | 0–3 | Mississippi State | 3 | |
| Mark Richt 2010–2012 | 0–3 | Georgia | 3 |
Joker Phillips’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Western Kentuckyseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Louisvilleseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| South Carolinaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Tennesseeseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Floridaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Georgiaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 | Kentucky | Graduate assistant | |
| 1990 | Kentucky | Assistant recruiting coordinator | |
| 1991–96 | Kentucky | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1997 | Cincinnati | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1998 | Cincinnati | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1999–2000 | Minnesota | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2001 | Notre Dame | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2002 | South Carolina | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2003 | Kentucky | Recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2004 | Kentucky | Recruiting coordinator, passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2005–09 | Kentucky | Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2010–12 | Kentucky | Head coach | |
| 2013 | Florida | Wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2015 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2016 | Ohio State | Offensive quality control coach | |
| 2017–18 | Cincinnati | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2019–20 | Maryland | Co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2021–present | NC State | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jerry ClaiborneKentucky
- Bill CurryKentucky
- Rick MinterCincinnati
- Glen MasonMinnesota
- Bob DavieNotre Dame
- Lou HoltzSouth Carolina
- Rich BrooksKentucky
- Will MuschampFlorida
- Urban MeyerOhio State
- Luke FickellCincinnati
- Mike LocksleyMaryland
- Dave DoerenNC State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chris ThurmondHouston
- Randy SandersEast Tennessee State
- Rick MinterCincinnati, Marshall
Worked under (12)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Claiborne | Kentucky | 1988–89 | Graduate assistant | |
| Bill Curry | Kentucky | 1990–96 | 1990: assistant recruiting coordinator; 1991–96: wide receivers coach | |
| Rick Minter | Cincinnati | 1997–98 | 1997: wide receivers coach; 1998: defensive backs coach | |
| Glen Mason | Minnesota | 1999–2000 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Bob Davie | Notre Dame | 2001 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Lou Holtz | South Carolina | 2002 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Rich Brooks | Kentucky | 2003–09 | 2003: recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2004: recruiting coordinator, passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2005–09: offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Will Muschamp | Florida | 2013 | Wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Urban Meyer | Ohio State | 2016 | Offensive quality control coach | |
| Luke Fickell | Cincinnati | 2017–18 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Mike Locksley | Maryland | 2019–20 | Co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Dave Doeren | NC State | 2021–26 | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Thurmond | Kentucky, 2010: defensive backs coach | Houston | |
| Randy Sanders | Kentucky, 2010–12: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | East Tennessee State | |
| Rick Minter | Kentucky, 2011–12: defensive coordinator | Cincinnati, Marshall |
Other assistants under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Brown | Kentucky, 2010: defensive coordinator; 2011: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Tee Martin | Kentucky, 2010: wide receivers coach; 2011: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kentucky | head coachbonuses up to $1,105,000 | $1,704,250 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2011 | Kentucky | head coachbonuses up to $1,105,000 | $1,702,489 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2010 | Kentucky | head coachbonuses up to $1,105,000 | $1,706,600 USA Today via Leeds |
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Phillips’s teams went for it on 24% of fourth downs and on 39% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 51% of plays and took 22.7 seconds a play, 2010–2012.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 13 g | 30 of 92 33% | 51% | 52% | 22.9 | +0.04 | |
| 2011 12 g | 20 of 112 18% | 33% | 48% | 23.9 | −0.25 | |
| 2012 12 g | 22 of 95 23% | 31% | 53% | 21.3 | −0.14 | |
| All 37 g | 72 of 299 24% | 39% | 51% | 22.7 | −0.11 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.