Phill Guard was hired as the football video coordinator in 2019 and moved to that role after overseeing GATALifestyle, the team’s social media recruiting outlet, and was previously a graduate assistant for the Eagles. He currently serves as the assistant director of player personnel while also still overseeing GATALifestyle and the video compnents of the program.
In his current role, Guard works with Butler Benton as the assistant director of player personnel, helping coordinate recruiting efforts and procedures for the Eagles. He also directs all coaches film from practices and games as well as film exchange with Eagle opponents. He manages and troubleshoots technology for the program utilizing the XOS software system. With the assistance of a number of students and a graduate assistant, Guard uses up to six cameras at practice and games to provide footage for daily review and highlight videos. He maintains the program’s recent film archives and a 50 terabytes of storage to make clips available to the staff on demand. He continues to oversee a staff that runs the GATALifestyle accounts.
He joined the coaching staff at Georgia Southern in 2017 as an offensive graduate assistant. Guard came to Statesboro from St. Lawrence University. The former national champion with Mount Union worked with the offensive line of the Eagles.
Guard was a three-year player and one-year assistant coach at Mount Union and helped the Purple Raiders win the national championship in 2012. After graduating in 2015 with a degree in business management and a minor in education, Guard was hired as the running backs coach at Albright College. He helped with the offense, special teams and video as the Lions captured the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament before falling to Mount Union.
The Geneva, New York, native was also a member of the New York State championship football team at Geneva High School.
