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Tra'von Phillips

Tra'von Phillips

Tra'von Phillips brings a wealth of experience at the NCAA Division II level to the coaching staff. He joined the staff in September 2022 and will coach the sprinting events.

Phillips spent time at Saginaw Valley State as a student-athlete and coach prior to his arrival at Davenport.

Program Accomplishments as a coach
  • coached and developed women's school records in the 60m (I), 200m (I)(O), 400m(I)(O), 4x4(I)(O), 4x1(O). Highest scoring women's team in program history (115 pts)
  • Conference Accomplishments: Recipient of GLIAC Women's Coaching Staff of the Year in 2020 (I), Led 37 athletes to all-conference honors across two seasons - indoor and outdoor. 
  • Indoor conference titles: Women's 400m (2021) (2022), 200m (2022)
  • Outdoor Conference titles: Women's 400 (2022), 4x100m (2021) (2022)
  • All-Americans Indoor: Women's 400m (2021) (8th) Women's 400m (2022) (4th), Women's 200m (2022) (7th), Women's 4x4 (2021) (2nd team) (2022) (2nd team)
  • All-Americans Outdoor: Women's 400m (2021) (6th), Women's 400m (2022) (2nd team), Women's 200m (2022) (2nd team), Women's 4x4 (2021) (1st)
Personal Info
  • Graduated from Saginaw Valley State University in May 2019, began coaching in the fall of 2019
  • Ran track and field at SVSU from fall of 2014 to may 2019 as a short sprinter
  • Records & Athletic Achievements: 2019 record holder in 4x100m (O), 2018 school record holder in 200m (I), 8-time All Conference in 60m,100m, 200m, 4x100m