The Jesse Philips Physical Education Center is a 115,000-square-foot facility. Its gymnasiums are used for basketball, volleyball, and intramural and other recreational activities. Other facilities in Philips include: the Robert Carr Pool; Climbing Wall; Weight Rooms containing Hammer Strength, Cybex Selectorized and Universal weight training machines, and free-weights; and six racquetball courts, one of which is set up as an indoor batting cage for varsity athletes, and eight squash courts, three of which are set up for table tennis and one for indoor golf.

The North Lobby of the Philips Center is the site of the Oberlin College Heisman Club Hall of Fame with members' photographs on the brick columns and athletic trophies and All American certificates on the walls. The lobby also serves as a location for occasional receptions. It is the main entrance to the Athletics Complex and the site of the climbing wall, dedicated in September 2004 For more information, contact the Oberlin College Physical Education Department at (440) 775-8500 or http://www.goyeo.com.