April Phillips (basketball)

For the British actress and producer, see April Phillips.

April Denise Phillips^[1] (born June 14, 1987)^[2][3] is an American basketball coach and former player who is the former head coach of the San Jose State Spartans women's basketball team.^[4]

April Phillips

Playing career
2005–2006	Georgia Tech
2006–2010	Xavier
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013–2014	New Haven (assistant)
2014–2015	Georgia Tech (graduate assistant)
2015–2016	Loyola Marymount (assistant
2016–2018	Loyola Marymount (associate HC)
2018–2019	Arizona (assistant)
2019–2021	California (assistant)
2021–2022	Texas (assistant)
2022–2025	San Jose State
Head coaching record
Overall	23–71 (.245)

On April 6, 2022, Phillips was hired as head coach at San Jose State University.^[5] On March 24, 2025 Phillips was dismissed from San Jose State. She amassed a record of 23-71 (.245) over her three seasons of coaching.^[6]

Early life and playing career

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.^[7][8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
San Jose State Spartans (Mountain West) (2022–2025)
2022–23	San Jose State	6–25	3–15	T-9th
2023–24	San Jose State	7–24	2–16	T-10th
2024–25	San Jose State	10–22	3–15	T-10th
San Jose State:		23–71 (.245)	8–46 (.148)
Total:		23–71 (.245)
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

Sources:^[4][9]