Phil Spence (born March 13, 1954) is a retired American basketball player and coach.

[4] Spence transferred to North Carolina State University (NC State) in time to become a key reserve on a team that was the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular-season champion, the ACC tournament champion, and the 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship team.

[1][5] As a sophomore, Spence was the first player off the bench and averaged 6.0 points and 6.3 rebounds a game as the Wolfpack went 30-1 and broke UCLA's string of seven straight titles.

[2] The Jive Five included Dwight Johnson, Moe Rivers, Phil Spence, and David Thompson.

[1] He led East Wake to three consecutive state playoff appearances and won the Tri-6 Conference championship four times.

[1] After leaving East Wake, Spence worked with behavior emotional disadvantaged youth in grades 6 through 12 as the career development coordinator at Longview School in Raleigh.

[4] On July 14, 2000, Spence was named head coach of North Carolina Central University (NCCU), replacing Greg Jackson.

[13] Spence also used his platform of the 2002 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball tournament to talk to others about reducing the risk of stroke and to offer health screenings.

"[13] On Sunday mornings, Spence and his former North Carolina State teammates share their version of church via text.