April Denise Phillips (born June 14, 1987) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the associate head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers womenâÂÂs basketball team. Phillips is also the former head coach at San Jose State University in California.
A native of Long Beach, California and graduate of Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Phillips attended Georgia Tech where she was played on the women's basketball team for one year, before transferring to Xavier in 2006.
On April 6, 2022, Phillips was hired as head coach at San Jose State University. On March 24, 2025 Phillips was dismissed from San Jose State. She amassed a record of 23âÂÂ71 over her three seasons of coaching.
On April 29, 2025, Phillips was hired by Purdue University, as the associate head coach of their women's basketball team.
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