[4] Phillips was a goalkeeper for Trinidad and Tobago's national team from 1963 to 1967, and with them won a bronze medal in the 1967 Pan American Games.
Phillips left Howard in 1980 and then worked full-time for two years directing a local soccer camp before taking the position of athletic director at Newport Preparatory School in Kensington.
[10] From 1989-1994 he was the head coach of Virginia Commonwealth's soccer team, leading them to a top twenty ranking.
He also served as the U.S. National Team Goalkeeper Coach from 1992–94, helping the squad qualify for the 1994 World Cup.
He left that position to become the technical director for the Trinidad and Tobago football Federation from 2005-2012, helping them qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.