Atlanta, GA- Phillip Wallace Jr. has been named the Associate Athletic Director of Operations at Morehouse College, announced by Athletic Director, Curtis Campbell.
"I'm excited to have Coach Wallace join our staff, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our athletic department," said Campbell
Phillip Wallace, Jr. brings more than 30 years in college athletics, including nearly a decade as a Director of Athletics, into his role as Associate Athletic Director, Operations at Morehouse.
From 2010-18, Wallace served as Director of Athletics at Miles College, where he led a renaissance in athletic excellence on the field, in the classroom, and through fundraising. Taking the reins of a department coming off of NCAA-imposed sanctions, he guided 10 sports and more than 200 student-athletes into a golden age of success. Wallace implemented rules education for coaches and staff, as well as rigid enforcement of NCAA compliance. The results showed in competition. The Golden Bears baseball team won its first Division II SIAC title and earned a trip to the NCAA South Region tournament. The football team won two SIAC championships and made the Division II playoffs. The golf team, which was created during his tenure as athletic director, won the SIAC title and participated in the NCAA Division II regional for the first time in just its third year of existence. The softball team captured the 2012 SIAC title and made the NCAA South Region tournament.
It was Wallace's desire to compete and succeed at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics while maintaining a primary focus on the needs and success of the student-athletes. In the classroom, the athletic program had a cumulative grade point average over 3.0 for the final seven years of his term with multiple student-athletes being named to the SIAC All-Academic team. Graduation and retention rates rose during his watch. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) began taking a more active role within the community with several community engagement initiatives while also raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
From 2010 until his departure in 2022, Wallace prepared the assessment reports for the Miles athletic department to meet the college's requirements for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which is an important part of a school meeting accreditation requirements. Additionally, he played an intricate role during the process where Miles was certified by the NCAA during its Blueprint Review.
Wallace's work as an administrator accompanied his track record as a basketball coach. He has more than 400 wins in a coaching career that has included stops at Miles, Morris Brown, Savannah State and Andrew College. His 210 victories at Miles, where he was named Coach of the Year in 2020, is the most in the history of the program.
As well as Wallace's teams played on the court, where it often boasted one of the best defenses in the country and had two players win SIAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, it was often one of the best academically. The Lady Bears were three-time winners of the top team academic award in the SIAC. During the 2020-21 season, Miles was No. 24 in the nation in overall grade point average as tabulated by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and included the school's valedictorian.
Wallace is a native of Savannah, Georgia, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Savannah State University in 1989 and his master's in public administration from Savannah State in 1993. He is a member of the Black Coaches Association (BCA), Women Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), and has served on the WBCA Top-25 National Ranking Committee. He is married (Sharon) and they are the parents of one daughter, Sha'ron, and two sons, Phillip III, and Kendall.
