| Phil Estes | |
| Birth Date: | June 7, 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1976–1979 |
| Player Team2: | New Hampshire |
| Player Positions: | Offensive lineman |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1982–1983 |
| Coach Team2: | Concord HS (NH) (OL) |
| Coach Years3: | 1984–1990 |
| Coach Team3: | New Hampshire (OL) |
| Coach Years4: | 1991–1993 |
| Coach Team4: | New Hampshire (OC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1994–1996 |
| Coach Team5: | Brown (RB/RC) |
| Coach Years6: | 1997 |
| Coach Team6: | Brown (WR/RC) |
| Coach Years7: | 1998–2018 |
| Coach Team7: | Brown |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1982–1983 |
| Coach Team9: | Concord HS (NH) (assistant) |
| Coach Sport10: | Basketball |
| Coach Years11: | 1982–1983 |
| Coach Team11: | Concord HS (NH) (assistant) |
| Overall Record: | 115–94 |
| Championships: | 3 Ivy League (1999, 2005, 2008) |
| Awards: | First-team All-Yankee Conference (1979) New England Coach of the Year (2005) |
Philip D. Estes (born June 7, 1958) is an American college football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Brown University from December 1997 until stepping down in November 2018.[1] [2] Estes compiled a 115-94 record during his tenure at Brown University. He was the most successful coach at Brown University since the inception of the Ivy League in 1956. His three Ivy League championships are also the most of any Brown coach in the Ivy League era.
Estes is an alumnus of the University of New Hampshire and a former offensive lineman on the Wildcat's football team. Prior to receiving the head coach position at Brown, Estes served as an assistant at New Hampshire and Brown, as well as a high school coach.