Wade Phillips
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Wade Phillips (born June 21, 1947) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL).
He also served as defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos, where his team was also champions in his first stint and champions in his second stint.
He has been head coach of the Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills, and Dallas Cowboys.
He served as interim head coach for the New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, and the Houston Texans.
His overall winning percentage as a head coach is.546.
Phillips is considered one of the best defensive coordinators in the league.
Multiple players under Phillips' scheme will be named Defensive Player of the Year, including Reggie White, Bryce Paup, Bruce Smith, J. J. Watt, and Aaron Donald, or Defensive Rookie of the Year, as well as Mike Croel and Shawne Merriman.
Personal life
Wade is the uncle of former NFL coach Bum Phillips and Helen Wilson Phillips. Both personally and professionally, he adored his father, saying, "I was blessed to have him as a father and mentor." I was privileged to work with him for 11 years. He taught me everything I know about coaching. He coached me both right and wrong. He taught me how to live.
Wade and his wife Laurie met in 1964 at Port Neches-Groves High School, where he was the quarterback of the football team and she was the head cheerleader; they also have a son, Tracy, an actor, dancer, and choreographer who appeared in My Chemical Romance's film "Helena"; and Andrew Wes Phillips, who was on the Rams staff in Dallas and 2019.
Early career
Phillips attended Port Neches –Groves High School in Port Neches, Texas, and later transferred to the University of Houston, where he served as a three-year starter at linebacker from 1966 to 1968. Until 2011, when Marcus McGraw broke the record for career assisted tackles (228) before the record was broken.
Phillips began his teaching career as a graduate assistant to Bill Yeoman at the University of Houston in 1969. He served as the defensive coordinator at the former Lutcher Stark High School (now West Orange-Stark High School) in Orange, Texas, from 1970 to 1972. He then coached the linebackers at Oklahoma State University from 1973 to 1974, under the guidance of Bum Phillips, OSU defensive coordinator at the time. Phillips, a 1975 graduate of the University of Kansas, coached the defensive line under head coach Bud Moore.