Phil comes to IBJI after playing professional hockey for over a decade. His professional career has included stops in the ECHL, CHL, SPHL, France, Hungary, Romania, Sweden, and Israel. He also spent the past three seasons in strength & conditioning coach roles at both the professional and amateur levels in France. He is a graduate of Lawrence University and received his masters degree from Concordia University-Chicago in Applied Exercise Science. In his spare time, he serves as the head coach/GM of the Chicago Crush Elite team in the USPHL and plays for the Port Huron Prowlers of the FPHL.