Phil Hansen has been a part of the Alma College Athletics family for 34 years, and will enter his 35th year at Alma College in the fall of 2025 and his 33rd as assistant softball coach in the spring of 2026.Â
He has the longest tenure, and most softball championships as an assistant coach in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Easily one of the longest serving assistant coaches in the country, Hansen has been invaluable to Scots Softball over the years. Phil’s initial arrival at Alma was to fill a posting as an assistant men’s basketball coach. However, he joined the Scots softball program prior to the 1994 season, and his joining the team was synonymous with winning as the Scots won their first MIAA title in eight years with a 9-3 record in 1994, resulting in Alma’s first ever NCAA tournament appearance.
He has gone on to contribute to 15 MIAA championships, and 11 MIAA tournament titles, as well as six NCAA regional championships, and one NCAA super regional championship. He has coached 78 first team, 66 second team, and 14 honorable mention All-MIAA honorees. Phil has also coached 49 first team, 26 second team, 15 third team all-region selections, and 18 All-Americans.
Phil celebrated over 900 collegiate coaching victories in 2024, and was named the NFCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2015.
In his time at Alma College, Hansen has also served as an assistant men’s basketball coach and the Hogan Physical Education Center building coordinator.
