A 59-year-old track coach at Santa Margarita Catholic High School has been killed in a truck accident on the 241 freeway in Irvine, according to a news report.
Joe Phillips, an Eagles track and field coach, died two days following the accident. He was driving to track practice when a truck collided with his car on the 241 freeway in Irvine. Phillips had been a track and field coach at the high school for the past four years, and coached the high jump for the boy’s and girl’s teams.
Phillips was an accomplished athlete and coach, qualifying for the 1976 Olympic trials in the high jump and winning the 1978 NCAA Division II Championship. He was a high jumper at Chapman University and UCLA.
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