American basketball coach
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.
Early life and college playing career
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Phillip Louis Mathews was born in
Riverside, California
and graduated from
John W. North High School
in Riverside in 1968. Mathews then attended
Riverside City College
for two years and transferred to the
University of California, Irvine
and lettered two years as a
guard
on the
UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
team.
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[2]
Mathews graduated from UC Irvine in 1972 with a B.A. in comparative cultures.
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Coaching career
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Mathews began his coaching career in the 1972?73 season as an assistant at UC Irvine under Tim Tift.
[1]
He then spent one season as junior varsity coach at
Santa Ana Valley High School
before returning to UC Irvine for four more seasons as an assistant again under Tift.
[1]
[2]
UC Irvine, then in Division II, made the
1974 NCAA tournament
. In 1978, Mathews returned to Santa Ana Valley High to become varsity basketball coach. In three seasons with Mathews as coach, Santa Ana Valley won two Century League titles.
[1]
In 1981, Mathews returned to the collegiate ranks in his first NCAA Division I job, as an assistant coach at
Cal State Fullerton
under George McQuarn.
[1]
During Mathews's four seasons on staff, Cal State Fullerton made the
1983 National Invitation Tournament
.
From 1985 to 1995, Mathews was head coach on the junior college level, at
Ventura College
. Mathews had a 298?56 record at Ventura, with
CCCAA
titles in 1987 and 1995. Mathews also served as athletics coordinator at Ventura in the 1994?95 season.
[1]
Mathews then was head coach at the
University of San Francisco
from 1995 to 2004. San Francisco had winning records in 6 of Mathews's nine seasons (including every season from 1995?96 to 1999?00) and made the
1998 NCAA tournament
by virtue of winning the
WCC tournament
. After the 2003?04 season, USF fired Mathews, who finished his tenure with a 139?123 record.
[3]
After USF, Mathews returned to the junior college ranks as head coach at
San Bernardino Valley College
. Mathews led San Bernardino Valley to a 27?5 record in 2004?05 with the
Foothill Conference
title, then 24?12 in 2005?06.
[4]
In 2006, Mathews returned to Division I as an assistant coach at
Nebraska
under
Doc Sadler
. Mathews remained on staff for four seasons, during which Nebraska made the
NIT
in
2008
and
2009
.
In 2010, Mathews joined
Ben Howland
's staff at
UCLA
as an assistant coach. Mathews coached for three seasons, during which UCLA made the NCAA Tournament in
2011
and
2013
and won the
Pac-12
regular season title in 2013. Mathews became head coach at
Riverside City College
in 2013.
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Riverside went 12?17 in 2013?14, then 10?17 in 2014?15.
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Personal life
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Mathews's two sons
Jordan
and
Jonah
are professional basketball players.
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Head coaching record
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Junior college
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Statistics overview
Season
|
Team
|
Overall
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Conference
|
Standing
|
Postseason
|
Ventura Pirates
(
Western State Conference
)
(1985?1995)
|
1985?86
|
Ventura CC
|
17?10
|
8?4
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T-1st
|
CCCAA
Regional Finals
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1986?87
|
Ventura CC
|
31?4
|
12?1
|
1st (North)
|
CCCAA Champions
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1987?88
|
Ventura CC
|
23?9
|
11?2
|
1st (North)
|
CCCAA Regional Second Round
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1988?89
|
Ventura CC
|
28?6
|
12?2
|
1st (North)
|
CCCAA Regional Finals
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1989?90
|
Ventura CC
|
26?10
|
11?3
|
1st (North)
|
CCCAA Regional Second Round
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1990?91
|
Ventura CC
|
30?5
|
8?0
|
1st (North)
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CCCAA Regional Finals
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1991?92
|
Ventura CC
|
33?5
|
8?0
|
1st (North)
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CCCAA Final Four
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1992?93
|
Ventura CC
|
37?2
|
8?0
|
1st (North)
|
CCCAA Runner-up
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1993?94
|
Ventura CC
|
36?3
|
7?1
|
1st (North)
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CCCAA Runner-up
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1994?95
|
Ventura CC
|
37?1
|
9?1
|
1st (North)
|
CCCAA Champions
|
Ventura CC:
|
298?56
|
94?14
|
|
San Bernardino Valley Wolverines
(
Foothill Conference
)
(2004?2006)
|
2004?05
|
San Bernardino Valley CC
|
27?5
|
13-1
|
1st
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|
CCCAA Runner-up
|
2005?06
|
San Bernardino Valley CC
|
24?12
|
10?4
|
3rd
[10]
|
|
San Bernardino Valley CC:
|
51?17
|
23?5
|
|
Riverside City Tigers
(
Orange Empire Conference
)
(2013?present)
|
2013?14
|
Riverside CC
|
12?17
|
6?6
|
4th
|
|
2014?15
|
Riverside CC
|
10?17
|
5?7
|
5th
|
|
Riverside CC:
|
22?34
|
11?13
|
|
Total:
|
371?107
|
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
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College
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Statistics overview
Season
|
Team
|
Overall
|
Conference
|
Standing
|
Postseason
|
San Francisco Dons
(
West Coast Conference
)
(1995?2004)
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1995?96
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San Francisco
|
15?12
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8?6
|
4th
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1996?97
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San Francisco
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16?13
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9?5
|
3rd
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1997?98
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San Francisco
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19?11
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7?7
|
5th
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NCAA Division I First Round
|
1998?99
|
San Francisco
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12?18
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4?10
|
7th
|
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1999?00
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San Francisco
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19?9
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7?7
|
5th
|
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2000?01
|
San Francisco
|
12?18
|
5?9
|
5th
|
|
2001?02
|
San Francisco
|
13?15
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8?6
|
4th
|
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2002?03
|
San Francisco
|
15?14
|
9?5
|
3rd
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2003?04
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San Francisco
|
17?14
|
7?7
|
4th
|
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San Francisco:
|
138?124
|
64?62
|
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Total:
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138?124
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
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References
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"Philip Mathews"
. San Francisco Dons. Archived from
the original
on May 25, 2005
. Retrieved
March 6,
2015
.
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a
b
Weyler, John (January 14, 1993).
"He's Got Ventura His Way"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
March 6,
2015
.
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Adams, Bruce (March 9, 2004).
"Coach Mathews fired by USF"
.
San Francisco Chronicle
. Retrieved
March 6,
2015
.
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"Phil Mathews"
. UCLA Bruins
. Retrieved
March 6,
2015
.
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Steele, Allan (May 14, 2013).
"Phil Mathews to take over at RCC"
.
Riverside Press-Enterprise
. Retrieved
March 6,
2015
.
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"2013-14 Men's Basketball Schedule"
.
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"2014-15 Riverside City College Men's Basketball Schedule"
.
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Thiry, Lindsey (January 27, 2018).
"Something was amiss for USC's Jonah Mathews, but then he changed shoes and his shots fell"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
September 11,
2020
.
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"Archived copy"
(PDF)
.
athletics.rcc.edu
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 22 March 2006
. Retrieved
15 January
2022
.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link
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Antelope Valley 2006-2007 media guide
Archived
2015-04-02 at the
Wayback Machine
, p. 12.
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