As coach of Howard University soccer, in 1970 Lincoln Phillips build a championship team in just on year. Under Lincoln Phillips in 1971, Howard became the first historically black college to win the N.C.A.A. Division I championship. But there was controversy stripping of the N.C.A.A. title. Being that Howard had been unfairly stripped because the largely white college sports hierarchy was uncomfortable with a Black team winning the national championship. Under the leadership of coach Lincoln Phillips, Howard won the N.C.A.A. title again in 1974.