Phil Elmassian is a retired American football coach.
15 Facts About Phil Elmassian
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Phil Elmassian began his coaching career at his alma mater William and Mary in 1974, serving two seasons as the running backs and quarterbacks coach.
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Phil Elmassian then moved to Richmond where he spent three seasons as the running backs and quarterbacks coach for the Spiders.
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From 1979 to 1982 Phil Elmassian earned his first defensive coordinator position at Ferrum College, which was classified as a junior college at that time.
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From 1983 to 1992 Phil Elmassian spent time at East Carolina, Minnesota, Virginia Tech, Virginia and Syracuse as a secondary coach.
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In 1993 Phil Elmassian garnered his first defensive coordinator job at a major football college at Virginia Tech.
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Phil Elmassian held the position for 2 seasons before serving as the Boston College defensive coordinator from 1995 to 1996.
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From 1997 to 1999 Phil Elmassian served as the secondary coach at Wisconsin, during his stint at Wisconsin the Badgers ranked first in the nation in scoring defense in 1998 and fifth in the nation in 1999.
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Phil Elmassian was the defensive coordinator for LSU in 2000 and West Virginia in 2001.
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Between the 2002 and 2007 seasons, Phil Elmassian was a position coach at Marshall, Purdue and Nebraska.
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Phil Elmassian next spent one season in 2008 at Louisiana-Monroe as its defensive coordinator before serving two years as the defensive coordinator for Illinois State.
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Phil Elmassian then went back to Purdue for one season in 2011 to serve as linebackers coach for the Boilermakers.
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In 2012, Phil Elmassian was named defensive coordinator for head coach Charley Molnar's staff at UMass.
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Phil Elmassian then returned to Ferrum College to serve as defensive coordinator in 2014 where he resigned for health reasons toward the end of the season.
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Phil Elmassian now assist on a sport's radio show in Roanoke.