Career
From 1912 to 1923, he coached at Rice, where he compiled a 51–25–8 record. His only losing season at Rice came in 1923, which makes him the most prolific football coach in school history. His 1919 team went 8–1, to mark his best season.
In 1924, he coached at Louisiana Technical, where he compiled a 1–6–1 record.
Arbuckle died in Houston, Texas on June 11, 1932 of a pulmonary embolism caused by subacute bacterial endocarditis. Phillip Arbuckle served as "s first athletic director and football coach in 1912.
His teams played against local high schools until Rice joined the Southwest Conference in 1914. In his tenure, Arbuckle would also serve as the heads of the baseball, basketball and track teams, as well as teach English and History.
He was succeeded by John West. Heisman in 1924 and inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975.
