Jimmy Phillips (footballer, born 1966)

James Neil Phillips (born 8 February 1966) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.

For the footballer born in 1989, see Jimmy Phillips (footballer, born 1989).

Jimmy Phillips
Personal information
Full name James Neil Phillips[1]
Date of birth (1966-02-08) 8 February 1966[1]
Place of birth Bolton, Lancashire, England[1]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1987 Bolton Wanderers 108 (2)
1987–1988 Rangers 25 (0)
1988–1990 Oxford United 79 (8)
1990–1993 Middlesbrough 139 (6)
1993–2001 Bolton Wanderers 221 (3)
Total 572 (19)
Managerial career
2005–2008 Bolton Wanderers Reserves
2008–2020 Bolton Wanderers Academy
2012 Bolton Wanderers (caretaker)
2016 Bolton Wanderers (caretaker)
2019 Bolton Wanderers (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player, he was a defender who notably played in the Premier League for Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers. He also played in the Scottish Premiership for Rangers and in the Football League with Oxford United. Whilst at Bolton he played in the 1995 Football League Cup Final.

Following retirement, he returned and has coached their reserve and academy teams as well as holding the position of first team caretaker manager on three occasions. The last role he held at the club was academy director.

Coaching career

Phillips joined the Bolton Wanderers youth coaching staff whilst still a player for the team, starting his role as a coach on 1 June 2000,[3] then retired as a player a year later, though he played no matches during his final season as a registered player/coach.

On 9 October 2012, Phillips was appointed joint caretaker manager of Bolton alongside Sammy Lee following the sacking of Owen Coyle.[4] However, Phillips took control of first team affairs, with Lee and Julian Darby assisting him.

Phillips first game in temporary charge saw him lead his hometown club to a 3–2 victory over Bristol City at the Reebok Stadium with Bolton having recovered from being two goals down early in the game.[5] His second match in caretaker charge came at Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux Stadium which ended in a 2–2 draw with Mark Davies scoring a 90th-minute equaliser for Bolton.

On 23 October 2012, Crystal Palace confirmed that manager Dougie Freedman had left the club for Bolton Wanderers. Bolton were yet to confirm the appointment though and Phillips then confirmed he would be in charge of the next match against Middlesbrough whilst Freedman was still in discussions with Gartside.[6] Bolton lost 2–1. When Freedman was appointed, Phillips went back to coaching the youth team.

On 15 March 2016, he assumed interim charge of the Bolton team following the departure of Neil Lennon by mutual consent, and did the same in August 2019 after Phil Parkinson resigned.[7] On 21 July 2020, the club confirmed that Phillips had stepped down from his role as Academy Director as a result of Bolton dropping to a Category Three Academy, ending a thirty year association with the club.[8]

Personal life

Jimmy's son, Nat Phillips, is also a footballer and played for him in the Bolton Wanderers academy. He is currently playing on loan as a centre back for Celtic. [9]

Managerial statistics
As of 31 August 2019
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Bolton Wanderers (caretaker)  England 9 October 2012 27 October 2012 311133.33
Bolton Wanderers (caretaker)  England 15 March 2016 10 June 2016 1011810.00
Bolton Wanderers (caretaker)  England 21 August 2019 31 August 2019 30120.00[10]

Honours
Bolton Wanderers

References
  1. "Jimmy Phillips". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter (20 August 1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0-3561435-4-5. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. "Club Staff - U23s and U18s Staff - Jimmy Phillips - Bolton Wanderers". www.bwfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019.
  4. "Manager Coyle is sacked by Bolton". BBC Sport.
  5. Bolton 3 Bristol City 2
  6. "Phillips: I'm in charge at Boro".
  7. "Phil Parkinson: Bolton Wanderers manager resigns from League One club". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  8. "Bolton Wanderers confirm Jimmy Phillips has stepped down as academy boss". Bolton News. 21 July 2020.
  9. "Decade XI: Remembering those we never saw". 17 December 2019.
  10. This total also includes the EFL Trophy match against Bradford City on 3 September 2019, as Keith Hill had asked him to take charge of the match due to Bolton playing the youth team in the cup match.
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