Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball at Baylor on October 10, 2025 at 2 p.m. (MST)
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2 p.m. (MST)
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Men's Basketball
Cullen, Phil
Phil Cullen
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Phillip.Cullen@gcu.edu
- Phone:
- 602-639-6836
Phil Cullen is in his third season as a GCU assistant men's basketball coach.
Cullen joined the GCU staff as a full-time assistant, in 2009-10, after a distinguished two-sport athletic career. In four years at the University of Utah, he played basketball for head coach Rick Majerus on teams that went 90-35, including 28-5 in 1998-99. The 6-foot-9 Cullen, known for his shooting stroke, made seven consecutive three-pointers in a first-round NCAA tournament game against Indiana in 2002, tying a tournament record on the way to a 25-point performance. It came in his final game at Utah. In his junior season, he scored in double figures 12 times and averaged 9.1 points.
Cullen also was a pitcher for five years in the Seattle Mariners organization before his career was cut short by an arm injury. As a high school senior in tiny Chelan, Wash., Cullen was named Washington Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press. His father played baseball and football at Eastern Washington, and his 6-foot- 3 sister played volleyball at Gonzaga.
Cullen comes from a family of coaches and has been an instructor and coach at the Arizona Premier Basketball Academy in Gilbert. At GCU, he works primarily with the team’s big men and coordinates scheduling and travel. He has a degree in civil and environmental engineering, and he passed the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) examination in 2008.
He and his wife, Tara, have a daughter, Josie.
Cullen joined the GCU staff as a full-time assistant, in 2009-10, after a distinguished two-sport athletic career. In four years at the University of Utah, he played basketball for head coach Rick Majerus on teams that went 90-35, including 28-5 in 1998-99. The 6-foot-9 Cullen, known for his shooting stroke, made seven consecutive three-pointers in a first-round NCAA tournament game against Indiana in 2002, tying a tournament record on the way to a 25-point performance. It came in his final game at Utah. In his junior season, he scored in double figures 12 times and averaged 9.1 points.
Cullen also was a pitcher for five years in the Seattle Mariners organization before his career was cut short by an arm injury. As a high school senior in tiny Chelan, Wash., Cullen was named Washington Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press. His father played baseball and football at Eastern Washington, and his 6-foot- 3 sister played volleyball at Gonzaga.
Cullen comes from a family of coaches and has been an instructor and coach at the Arizona Premier Basketball Academy in Gilbert. At GCU, he works primarily with the team’s big men and coordinates scheduling and travel. He has a degree in civil and environmental engineering, and he passed the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) examination in 2008.
He and his wife, Tara, have a daughter, Josie.
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