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Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillips Jr. (September 29, 1923 – October 18, 2013) was an American football coach at the high school, college and professional levels. He served as head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1980 and the New Orleans Saints from 1981 to 1985.
Sep 7, 2022 · Bum Phillips also never imposed a curfew. He also imposed few rules and rarely fined his players. Phillips, who never criticized his players in front of others, had to delay a team flight for an hour-and-a-half in his final season as Oilers head coach in 1979 because one of his players got stuck in notorious Houston traffic.
Oct 19, 2013 · HOUSTON -- Bum Phillips, the folksy Texas football icon who coached the Houston Oilers during their Luv Ya Blue heyday and also led the New Orleans Saints, died Friday.He was 90.
Oct 19, 2013 · Bum Phillips and running back Earl Campbell after the Oilers lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the A.F.C. championship game in January 1980. Phillips later coached the New Orleans Saints.
Oct 19, 2013 · A Texas white hat has crossed through the pearly gates. “Bum” Phillips, the former NFL football coach who led the Houston Oilers to glory and struggled with the New Orleans Saints, died Friday ...
Dec 29, 2013 · MCCLAIN: Bum Phillips was a country cowboy, never met a stranger, was a great player's coach. He would stop practice, and he would have an ice cream truck come on the field. At training camp, he ...
Oct 18, 2013 · Bum Phillips, who helped turn the Houston Oilers into a playoff team in the mid-1970s and was a beloved figure in the state of Texas, died Friday at the age of 90, according to his son.
Oct 19, 2013 · O.A. "Bum" Phillips brought much more than a cowboy hat and colorful quotes to the game of football. (Rick Stewart/Getty Images) There is a temptation when
Oct 19, 2013 · HOUSTON (AP) — Bum Phillips, the folksy Texas football icon who coached the Houston Oilers during their Luv Ya Blue heyday and later led the New Orleans Saints, died Friday. He was 90. “Bum is gone to Heaven,” son Wade Phillips tweeted Friday night. “Loved and will be missed by all — great Dad, Coach, and Christian.”
Oct 18, 2013 · Bum Phillips, the folksy Texas football icon who coached the Houston Oilers during their Luv Ya Blue heyday and also led the New Orleans Saints, died Friday.He was 90.
