Phil Handy College career
After a year of junior college,[ 3] University of Hawaii from 1993 to 1995.[ 4] Rainbows he was a WAC champion, and first Team All defense selection.[ 5]
Professional career
Handy played for the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers during the pre-season, in the Continental Basketball Association for the Omaha Racers , Grand Rapids Mackers (via dispersal draft from Omaha),[ 6] La Crosse Bobcats (rights traded to Fort Wayne Fury on 12 October 1998) and internationally in France (SLUC Nancy Basket ), Italy, Germany, Spain,[ 7] Maccabi Hadera ), England (Manchester Giants ), and Australia (Melbourne Tigers and West Sydney Razorbacks ). Never a crowd favourite Razorback fans took particular delight in chanting "You're useless Handy".
He obtained a CBA All-Rookie First Team (1995–96), and a British Basketball League championship with the Manchester Giants in the season 1999–2000.[ 8]
Coaching career
Handy has served as player development coach for the Los Angeles Lakers under Mike Brown . Still under Brown, he served as assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers .
He then moved to the Toronto Raptors as assistant for Nick Nurse .[ 9] Frank Vogel .[ 10]
Handy went to 6 consecutive NBA Finals, 4 with the Cleveland Cavaliers (2015 –2018 ), 1 with the Toronto Raptors (2019 ), and 1 with the Los Angeles Lakers (2020 ) winning championships in 2016, 2019, and 2020.[ 11]
On November 15, 2024, Handy was announced to be one of the six new head coaches of the Unrivaled basketball league.[ 12]
On July 9, 2025, the Dallas Mavericks hired Handy as part of their coaching staff under head coach Jason Kidd .[ 13]
References
↑ "Philip T Handy was born on August 24, 1971 in Alameda County, California" . californiabirthindex.org . California Birth Index . Retrieved May 22, 2020 .↑ 1998–99 Official CBA Guide and Register, page 250 1 2 "Who is Phil Handy? Fast facts about the Raptors' newest assistant coach" . 13 January 2022.↑ "Phil Handy College Stats" .↑ "From Kobe to LeBron and Irving, former Rainbow Handy is learning from teaching" . 23 June 2016.↑ "Fact File: Phil Handy, Manchester Giants" .↑ "Q+A: Cavaliers Assistant Coach Phil Handy" . 5 July 2016.↑ "Giants close on Conference title" Independent.co.uk Archived from the original on 2022-05-26.↑ Amick, Sam (May 29, 2019). "A familiar foe: Meet the man who has more experience facing the Warriors in the Finals than anyone" theathletic.com . Retrieved July 28, 2022 . ↑ Duangdao, Dan (July 14, 2019). "Lakers Coaching Rumors: Phil Handy Hired As Assistant Coach To Frank Vogel" . Lakers Nation . Retrieved July 27, 2022 . ↑ Goon, Kyle (July 9, 2021). "The NBA Finals are missing familiar face in Lakers' Phil Handy" . ocregister.com . Retrieved July 28, 2022 . ↑ Philippou, Alexa (November 15, 2024). "Unrivaled coach list includes Teresa Weatherspoon, Phil Handy" . ESPN.com . ↑ "Handy lands assistant coach job with Mavericks" . spectrumlocalnews.com . Retrieved September 28, 2025 .
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