Josh Phillips

Driven to inspire others to find their identities in Christ and put their complete trust in Him, Josh Phillips is a Christ-following, fiercely competitive coach and pastor.

Josh is a former NFL football player, multiple-time Crossfit Regional competitor, drafted Grid League Athlete, and USA Weightlifting competitor. He graduated from Yale, where he majored in Psychology and minored in Religious Philosophy, as well as ran track and played football. He also holds two masters’ degrees—a Master’s in Business Administration from Wagner College and a Master’s in Kinesiology Biomechanics from Cal State, Northridge—and has coached at the University of California Berkeley, University of California Santa Barbara, Wagner College, Los Angeles Pierce College, the Peak Performance Project (P3), and multiple high schools.

Today, Josh Phillips is the Head Football Coach at Sarasota High School, where he also assistant coaches weightlifting while teaching in the Physical Education Department. He is also the founder of Faith Forge a ministry dedicated to leading others to forge inner strength and courageous character through the refining fire of the Holy Spirit, while equipping through Jesus Christ for spiritual battle. Josh is a speaker and relishes the opportunity to share the testimony of what God has done in his life. He calls sunny Sarasota, Florida, home, where he enjoys working out, bowling, beach escapes, and golden lattes with his beautiful, godly wife, Traci, and their cats.