Phil Cutchin

Phil Cutchin
Biographical details
Born(1920-09-09)September 9, 1920
Mayfield, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJanuary 7, 1999(1999-01-07) (aged 78)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1941–1942Kentucky
1946Kentucky
Baseball
1941–1942Kentucky
PositionQuarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1947–1949Ohio Wesleyan (assistant)
1952–1953Kentucky (backs)
1954–1957Texas A&M (assistant)
1958–1962Alabama (assistant)
1963–1968Oklahoma State
Head coaching record
Overall19–38–2

Phil Cutchin (September 9, 1920 – January 7, 1999) was an American football player and coach.

Cutchin was born in Mayfield, Kentucky, attended high school in Murray, Kentucky. His father was the basketball coach at Murray State College. He played college football at the University of Kentucky before he entered the United States Army during World War II.

Cutchin was an assistant football coach at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1948. He worked as an assistant coach under coach Bear Bryant and accompanied Bryant to coach at Texas A&M and Alabama. He was the head football coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater from 1963 to 1968, compiling a record of 19–38–2. Although he never had a winning season at Oklahoma State, he led the team to their first win over Oklahoma in 20 years.

Cutchin married Betsy Blevins in 1943; they had two children. Cutchin died in 1999, at the age of 78, in Tulsa.