| Philip Arbuckle | |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1882 |
| Birth Place: | Kingston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1906 |
| Coach Team2: | Shurtleff |
| Coach Years3: | 1908–1911 |
| Coach Team3: | Southwestern (TX) |
| Coach Years4: | 1912–1917 |
| Coach Team4: | Rice |
| Coach Years5: | 1919–1923 |
| Coach Team5: | Rice |
| Coach Years6: | 1924 |
| Coach Team6: | Louisiana Tech |
| Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
| Coach Years8: | 1910–1912 |
| Coach Team8: | Southwestern (TX) |
| Coach Years9: | 1922–1923 |
| Coach Team9: | Rice |
| Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
| Coach Years11: | 1908–1911 |
| Coach Team11: | Southwestern (TX) |
| Coach Years12: | 1913–1917 |
| Coach Team12: | Rice |
| Admin Years1: | 1908–1912 |
| Admin Team1: | Southwestern (TX) |
| Admin Years2: | 1912–1924 |
| Admin Team2: | Rice |
| Overall Record: | 62–48–16 (football) 13–10 (basketball) 71–75–8 (baseball) |
| Championships: | Football TIAA (1921) |
Philip Heckman Arbuckle (September 6, 1882 – June 11, 1932) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Shurtleff College in Alton, Illinois in 1906, Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas from 1908 to 1911, Rice University from 1912 to 1917 and 1919 to 1923, and Louisiana Tech University in 1924. At Rice he tallied a 51–25–8 record. His 1919 Rice team went 8–1, to mark his best season. His only losing season at Rice came in 1923. In 1924, he coached at Louisiana Tech, where he compiled a 1–6–1 record.
In 1906, Arbuckle began his coaching career at Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois and also coached the football team at Shurtleff College, located in the same city.[1]
Arbuckle served as Rice University's first athletic director and football coach in 1912. His teams played against local high schools until Rice joined the Southwest Conference in 1914.[2] Arbuckle also served as the head coach of the baseball, basketball and track teams and taught English and history. He was succeeded by John Heisman in 1924 and inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975.[3]
Arbuckle died in Houston, Texas on June 11, 1932, of cardiovascular disease.[4]