# Philip Arbuckle

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.

## Coaching career

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.

### Rice

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. 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.

## Death

Arbuckle died in Houston, Texas on June 11, 1932, of cardiovascular disease.

## Head coaching record
### Football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| Shurtleff (Independent) (1906) ||||||
| 1906 | Shurtleff | 2–4–2 | | |
| Shurtleff: | Shurtleff: | 2–4–2 | | |
| Southwestern Pirates (Independent) (1908–1911) ||||||
| 1908 | Southwestern | 3–2 | | |
| 1909 | Southwestern | 1–4–2 | | |
| 1910 | Southwestern | 2–4–1 | | |
| 1911 | Southwestern | 2–3–2 | | |
| Southwestern: | Southwestern: | 8–13–5 | | |
| Rice Grays (Independent) (1912) ||||||
| 1912 | Rice | 3–2 | | |
| Rice Grays/Owls (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1913–1914) ||||||
| 1913 | Rice | 4–0 | | |
| 1914 | Rice | 3–2–3 | | |
| Rice Owls (Southwest Conference / Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915–1917) ||||||
| 1915 | Rice | 5–3 | 1–2 | 6th |
| 1916 | Rice | 6–1–2 | 2–1 | T–3rd |
| 1917 | Rice | 7–1 | 1–1 | T–3rd |
| Rice Owls (Southwest Conference / Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1923) ||||||
| 1919 | Rice | 8–1 | 3–1 | 2nd |
| 1920 | Rice | 4–2–2 | 2–2–1 | 4th |
| 1921 | Rice | 4–4–1 | 1–2–1 / 3–0 | 6th / 1st |
| 1922 | Rice | 4–4 | 1–4 / 1–0 | 7th |
| 1923 | Rice | 3–5 | 1–4 / 2–1 | 7th / T–3rd |
| Rice: | Rice: | 51–25–8 | | |
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1924) ||||||
| 1924 | Louisiana Tech | 1–6–1 | 0–1 | |
| Louisiana Tech: | Louisiana Tech: | 1–6–1 | 0–1 | |
| Total: | Total: | 62–48–16 | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||

### Basketball

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall |
| Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1922–1923) ||||||
| 1922–23 | Rice | 10–9 |
| Rice: | Rice: | 10–9 |
| Total: | Total: | 10–9 |

### Baseball

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference |
| Rice Owls (Independent) (1913) ||||||
| 1913 | Rice | 3–3 | |
| Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1914–1917) ||||||
| 1914 | Rice | 8–8–1 | |
| 1915 | Rice | 5–13 | |
| 1916 | Rice | 2–9 | 2–9 |
| 1917 | Rice | 8–5–1 | |
| Rice: | Rice: | 26–38–2 | 8–24–1 |
| Total: | Total: | 26–38–2 | |