Coaching Staff

Daniel Phillips enters his 21st season as Head Coach for the MPC Lobos Baseball Program. In 2013 the Lobos won the Coast Conference Championship and Coach Phillips was named Conference Coach of the Year. A local, Coach Phillips grew up in Seaside and attended Monterey High School. Phillips played for the MPC Lobos after high school where he was the Team Captain and earned All-League Honors. After MPC, Phillips moved on to play for nationally ranked Sonoma State University. After college, he began his playing and coaching career in the professional leagues in Germany.

Coach Phillips’ coaching career began as Head Coach for the Holwickede Joboxers, a professional organization in Northern Germany. There, he led the Joboxers to the German Northern League Championship. Phillips’ coaching career led him down to San Diego City College in 2001 and 2002, as the hitting and infield coach for the SDCC Knights. In 2003 he was hired as Head Coach for the MPC Lobos and has served as a full-time instructor in the MPC Athletic Department since 2009.

Coach Phillips has a B.S. in Kinesiology and a Minor in Psychology from San Diego State University as well as a Masters Degree in Exercise Science and Sport from University of New Mexico Highlands.