| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terence Peter McPhillips[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-10-01)1 October 1968 (age 56)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Forest Green Rovers (chief scout) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1991 | Halifax Town | 93 | (29) |
| 1989–1990 | →Northampton Town (loan) | 15 | (4) |
| 1991–1992 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | (5) |
| 1992–1993 | Fleetwood Town | 23 | (12) |
| 1993–1994 | Barrow | 29 | (8) |
| 1994 | Nantwich Town | 17 | (3) |
| 1994–1995 | Burscough | 42 | (7) |
| 1995 | Marine | 12 | (4) |
| 1995–1996 | Ashton United | 45 | (10) |
| 1996–1997 | Caernarfon Town | 24 | (15) |
| 1997 | Bangor City | 15 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Blackpool (caretaker) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Blackpool | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Terence Peter McPhillips (born 1 October 1968) is an English professionalfootball manager and formerplayer who played as aforward inthe Football League. He is currently the Chief Scout ofForest Green Rovers.
McPhillips attendedMaricourt High School.[2]
McPhillips was a forward and he began his career in the youth team at Liverpool F.C. He did not make a first team appearance at Anfield and left Liverpool forHalifax Town in 1987. He soon made his mark by scoring a hat-trick in a 3–3 draw against Carlisle United in the 1988–89 season. He went on to score 29 goals in 93 appearances forHalifax Town. In 1991, he signed forCrewe Alexandra on a free transfer, scoring once in six league appearances for Crewe.[3] He dropped into non-league football with Fleetwood and Barrow before joiningNantwich Town in March 1994. He then served Marine, Burscough, Ashton United, Caernarfon Town and Bangor City.
McPhillips became Academy Director at Crewe Alexandra, in 1992 and spent 14 years as a youth coach at the club before joining the Academy Staff ofBlackburn Rovers in 2006. He set up the Merseyside-based TMS (Technique/Movement/Skill) football school in 1996.
He later managed the Blackburn Rovers Youth team that reached the 2012 FA Youths Cup Final, but were defeated by Chelsea. In January 2012, he was appointed caretaker assistant manager toGary Bowyer afterHenning Berg was sacked as manager. He was re-appointed assistant manager from June 2013 to 2015.
In 2016, he followed Gary Bowyer to Blackpool F.C. as a chief scout and assistant manager.[4][5] He was appointed caretaker manager of Blackpool F.C. on 6 August 2018, after Gary Bowyer left the club.[6] On 10 September 2018, he was made permanent manager of Blackpool.[7] McPhillips resigned as Blackpool manager on 5 July 2019, having informed the club's board that he had no long-term desire to be a manager.[8]
In 2020 McPhillips was appointed attack coach and set piece specialist at East Bengal to work alongside managerRobbie Fowler.
McPhillips on 5 October 2021 was appointed the assistant manager at Southport.
In April 2023, he joined League One clubForest Green Rovers as Chief Scout.[9]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Blackpool | 6 August 2018 | 5 July 2019 | 56 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 037.5 |
| Total | 56 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 037.5 | ||
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