Phil Cunningham (basketball)

For other people with the same name, see Phil Cunningham.

Phil Cunningham

Current position
Title	Assistant Coach
Team	Louisiana–Monroe
Biographical details
Born	(1966-10-17) October 17, 1966 Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
1986–1987	Kentucky Wesleyan
1987–1990	Campbellsville
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1991	Campbellsville (asst.)
1991–1992	Mississippi State (grad. asst.)
1992–1995	Sue Bennett College
1995–1997	James Madison (asst.)
1997–1998	Georgia State (asst.)
1998–2000	Georgia State (associate HC)
2000–2012	Mississippi State (asst.)
2012–2013	Western Kentucky (asst.)
2013–2019	Troy
2019–2023	Western Kentucky (associate HC)
2024-present	Louisiana–Monroe (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	80–111 (.419)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt tournament championship (2017)

Phillip Tucker Cunningham (born October 17, 1966) is an American college basketball coach.

Cunningham was the head coach of Troy University from 2013 to 2019, compiling 80 wins throughout his six-year tenure. During his time with Troy, Cunningham led the school to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 14 years after winning the 2017 Sun Belt Conference tournament championship. Cunningham was named the head coach at Troy after coach Don Maestri retired after serving as head coach at Troy for 31 years.

Born in Paducah, Kentucky and a native of Campbellsville, Kentucky, Cunningham played collegiately at Kentucky Wesleyan College. After two seasons playing for the Panthers, where he won a Division II national championship in 1987, Cunningham decided to transfer to Campbellsville College (now known as Campbellsville University) to play for his father.

Cunningham was recently tabbed by Rivals.com as one of the nation's top 25 assistant coaches. He was also previously recognized by The Hoop Scoop recruiting publication as one of the top NCAA Division I men's basketball assistant coaches.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Troy Trojans (Sun Belt Conference) (2013–2019)
2013–14	Troy	11–20	6–12	8th
2014–15	Troy	10–19	5–15	11th
2015–16	Troy	9–22	4–16	11th
2016–17	Troy	22–15	10–8	T–6th	NCAA first round
2017–18	Troy	16–17	9–9	T–5th
2018–19	Troy	12–18	5–13	T-11th
Troy:		80–111 (.419)	39–73 (.348)
Total:		80–111 (.419)
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