Who is Coach T in the Toyota Commercials?

I've been digging the commerials from Toyota featuring Coach T. I have to tell you, I kind of thought the guy was a real coach from some real football team for the longest time. It got me wondering, so I googled it up.  According to Wikipedia...

Philip Reeves is an Americanfilm and televisionactor and screenwriter. His major roles so far are those of Charles Swedelson on the sitcomGirlfriends, Senator Andrew Doyle in HBO's VEEP, as Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Krieger in Commander in Chief and as Dr. Krieger in the Wayons' My Wife and Kids.