| Phil Longo | |
| Current Title: | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
| Current Conference: | Big Ten |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1987 |
| Player Team1: | East Stroudsburg |
| Player Years2: | 1988–1991 |
| Player Team2: | Rowan |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback, running back |
| Coach Years1: | 1996–1999 |
| Coach Team1: | Parsippany Hills HS (NJ) |
| Coach Years2: | 2000–2001 |
| Coach Team2: | William Paterson (AHC/OC) |
| Coach Years3: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team3: | La Salle (AHC/OC) |
| Coach Years4: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team4: | La Salle |
| Coach Years5: | 2006–2007 |
| Coach Team5: | Minnesota Duluth (OC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team6: | Southern Illinois (OC) |
| Coach Years7: | 2010 |
| Coach Team7: | Youngstown State (WR/RC) |
| Coach Years8: | 2011 |
| Coach Team8: | Slippery Rock (WR) |
| Coach Years9: | 2012–2013 |
| Coach Team9: | Slippery Rock (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years10: | 2014–2016 |
| Coach Team10: | Sam Houston State (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years11: | 2017–2018 |
| Coach Team11: | Ole Miss (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years12: | 2019–2022 |
| Coach Team12: | North Carolina (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years13: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team13: | Wisconsin (OC/QB) |
| Overall Record: | 7–14 (college) |
Phil Longo (born April 17, 1968) is an American football coach who is currently the offensive coordinator for the Wisconsin Badgers. A practitioner of the air raid offense, he was previously the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for North Carolina, Ole Miss and Sam Houston.
Born in Red Bank, New Jersey, and raised in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township, New Jersey, Longo played quarterback at Central Regional High School.[1]
Longo began his coaching career at Parsippany Hills High School in New Jersey, taking over a team that accumulated a .217 winning percentage over the previous 33 years. At the time of his departure, Longo left as the winningest coach in school history while leading them to their first appearance in the New Jersey state playoffs and an undefeated championship season. He accepted an assistant coaching position at William Paterson as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator in 2000. He left in 2002 to be the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at La Salle, and was named the head coach of the team in 2004. As head coach of La Salle, he compiled a 7–14 record over two years before leaving to accept the offensive coordinator position at Minnesota–Duluth.[2] He joined the coaching staff at Southern Illinois in 2008 as the offensive coordinator. Longo joined the coaching staff at Youngstown State in 2010 as the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.[3] Longo joined the coaching staff at Slippery Rock in 2011 as the wide receivers coach, where his wife Tanya worked as the head coach of the university's women's basketball team. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2012, and the team underwent a dramatic change in offense averaging 54.5 points a game.[4]
Longo was added to the coaching staff at Sam Houston State in 2014.[5] In his final year at Sam Houston State, Longo's offense was one of the most prolific offenses in FCS, averaging 547 yards a game as the Bearkats went on to a 12–1 record.[6]
On December 15, 2016, it was reported that Longo was hired to be the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Mississippi.[7] Despite averaging over 500 yards of offense per game, his offense was criticized for its inability to score in the red zone and in clutch moments.[8] [9]
Longo was named the offensive coordinator at North Carolina in 2019.[10] In his first three seasons as Tar Heel OC, Longo guided quarterback Sam Howell to multiple school records, and his offense produced multiple 1,000 yard receivers and rushers.
On December 7, 2022, it was reported that Longo would be joining Luke Fickell's staff at Wisconsin as the offensive coordinator and QBs coach. [11]
A practitioner of the air raid offense, Longo chose to adopt the offensive system after meeting then-Kentucky offensive coordinator Mike Leach at a coaching clinic in the late 1990s.[12] Unlike the standard air raid offense that is pass-heavy, Longo's offense is designed so that it can be both pass or run oriented, and it's not decided which it is until the game.[13]
Longo and his wife, Tanya, have four children.