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Former Oklahoma State athletic director Terry Don Phillips dies at 78
Former Oklahoma State and Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips has died. He was 78.
The school announced that Phillips had been in hospice care after being diagnosed with dementia over a decade ago, and he died in Clemson on May 26.
Phillips served as AD from 2002 before retiring in 2012. He has been integral to Clemson football's success, promoting Swinney to interim head coach in 2008 then full-time in 2009 and hiring basketball coach Brad Brownell and men's soccer coach Mike Noonan in 2010.
Before Clemson, Phillips was the AD at Oklahoma State (1995-2002) and held administrative roles at Liberty (1980-81), Southwestern Louisiana (1983-88) and Arkansas (1988-94).
Prior to his administrative career, Phillips played defensive tackle at Arkansas from 1966-69. Then, he became a graduate assistant with the Razorbacks from 1970-71 before going to Virginia Tech to be an assistant from 1971-78.
Cowgirls fall in NCAA quarterfinals
Oklahoma State made an impressive run to qualify for the match play portion of the NCAA women’s golf championships, but saw its season end with a 5-0 loss to Arkansas on Tuesday at the Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California.
The Cowgirls, who came into the tournament ranked No. 21, lost the first three matches and trailed in the final two in the match play quarterfinals against the No. 7 Razorbacks.
OSU finished sixth in stroke play after posting the second-lowest 72-hole team total (1,155) in program history.
The Cowgirls were led by Ellie Bushnell, who took seventh place individually at 6-under-par 282, with teammate Marta Silchenko tied for eighth at 5-under 283.
They became the first Cowgirl duo to place in the top 10 at the NCAA championships since Karin Sjodin and Mallorie Underwood in 2004.
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MEN'S COLLEGE TENNIS: Former OU standout Hank Trondson is making the Bedlam switch. Trondson joined OSU via the transfer portal, it was announced Tuesday. A former No. 1 recruit in Tennessee, Trondson was a Big 12 champion at the No. 3 doubles position his freshman year before missing the next season with an injury. He had six singles and 11 doubles wins after his return last season.
-Staff reports
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Former Oklahoma State athletic director Terry Don Phillips dies at 78
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