Phil Longo

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Phil Longo
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Sam Houston
Conference Conference USA
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born (1968-04-17) April 17, 1968 (age 56)
Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
1987 East Stroudsburg
1988–1991 Rowan
Position(s) Quarterback, running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1999 Parsippany Hills HS (NJ)
2000–2001 William Paterson (AHC/OC)
2002–2003 La Salle (AHC/OC)
2004–2005La Salle
2006–2007 Minnesota Duluth (OC)
2008–2009 Southern Illinois (OC)
2010 Youngstown State (WR/RC)
2011 Slippery Rock (WR)
2012–2013Slippery Rock (OC/QB)
2014–2016 Sam Houston State (OC/QB)
2017–2018 Ole Miss (OC/QB)
2019–2022 North Carolina (OC/QB)
2023–2024 Wisconsin (OC/QB)
2025–presentSam Houston
Head coaching record
Overall7–14 (college)

Phil Longo (born April 17, 1968) is an American football coach who is the current head football coach of Sam Houston State University. He previously served as the offensive coordinator of the Wisconsin Badgers. A practitioner of the air raid offense, he was also the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for North Carolina, Ole Miss and Sam Houston.

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Early life and playing career

Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, and raised in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township, New Jersey, Longo played quarterback at Central Regional High School. [1]

Coaching career

Longo began his coaching career at Parsippany Hills High School in New Jersey, taking over a team that accumulated a .217 winning percentage over the previous 33 years. At the time of his departure, Longo left as the winningest coach in school history while leading them to their first appearance in the New Jersey state playoffs and an undefeated championship season. He accepted an assistant coaching position at William Paterson as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator in 2000. He left in 2002 to be the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at La Salle and was named the head coach of the team in 2004. As head coach of La Salle, he compiled a 7–14 record over two years before leaving to accept the offensive coordinator position at Minnesota–Duluth. [2] He joined the coaching staff at Southern Illinois in 2008 as the offensive coordinator. Longo joined the coaching staff at Youngstown State in 2010 as the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator. [3] Longo joined the coaching staff at Slippery Rock in 2011 as the wide receivers coach, where his wife Tanya worked as the head coach of the university's women's basketball team. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2012, and the team underwent a dramatic change in offense averaging 54.5 points a game. [4]

Sam Houston State

Longo was added to the coaching staff at Sam Houston State in 2014. [5] In his final year at Sam Houston State, Longo's offense was one of the most prolific offenses in FCS, averaging 547 yards a game as the Bearkats went on to a 12–1 record. [6]

Ole Miss

On December 15, 2016, it was reported that Longo was hired to be the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Mississippi. [7] Despite averaging over 500 yards of offense per game, his offense was criticized for its inability to score in the red zone and in clutch moments. [8] [9]

North Carolina

Longo was named the offensive coordinator at North Carolina in 2019. [10] In his first three seasons as Tar Heel OC, Longo guided quarterback Sam Howell to multiple school records, and his offense produced multiple 1,000 yard receivers and rushers.

Wisconsin

On December 7, 2022, it was reported that Longo would be joining Luke Fickell's staff at Wisconsin as the offensive coordinator and QBs coach. [11] Longo was fired on November 17, 2024, after the Badgers started the 2024 season 5–5 (3–4 Big Ten). [12]

Sam Houston State

Longo was named head coach at Sam Houston State in December 2024.

Coaching philosophy

A practitioner of the air raid offense, Longo chose to adopt the offensive system after meeting then-Kentucky offensive coordinator Mike Leach at a coaching clinic in the late 1990s. [13] Unlike the standard air raid offense that is pass-heavy, Longo's offense is designed so that it can be both pass or run oriented, and it's not decided which it is until the game. [14]

Personal life

Longo and his wife, Tanya, have four children.

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
La Salle Explorers (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(2004–2005)
2004 La Salle3–71–3T–3rd
2005 La Salle4–72–2T–3rd
La Salle:7–143–5
Total:7–14

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References

  1. ↑ "Coach", Daily Record (Morristown) , December 13, 1988. Accessed September 15, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Longo, 30, was born in the Jersey Shore community of Red Bank and grew up in Bayville, where he attended Central Regional High. He quarterbacked the first Central team to make the playoffs, in 1986."
  2. ↑ "Longo thinks he can build a winner at QU". Herald-Whig. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Former Southern Illinois offensive coordinator, FCS head Coach Longo joins YSU staff". WFMJ. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Slippery Rock scores points in abundance". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Longo, Petitte & Sherrod join Keeler's staff". Sam Houston State Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
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