Gary Patterson
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| Gary Patterson | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 62–25 | |
| Born | February 13, 1960 | |
| Place of birth |  Larned, Kansas |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 62–25 | |
| Bowls | 4–3 | |
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| Championships | ||
| 2002 C-USA championship 2005 MWC championship |
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| Awards | ||
| 2005 MWC Coach of the Year[1] | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1980-1981 | Kansas State | |
| Position | Safety / Linebacker | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1982 1983-1984 1986 1987 1988 1989-1991 1992 1992-1994 1995 1996-1997 1998-2000 2000-present |
Kansas State (GA) Tennessee Tech (LB) UC Davis (LB) Cal Lutheran (DC) Pittsburg State (LB) Sonoma State (DC) Oregon Lightning Bolts Utah State (DB) Navy (DB) New Mexico (DC/S) TCU (DC/S) TCU |
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Gary Patterson (born February 13, 1960 in Larned, Kansas) is a college football head coach. He is currently the head coach at Texas Christian University. Patterson is a graduate of Kansas State University, where he played football as an undergraduate.
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[edit] Early coaching career
Patterson began his coaching career in 1982 at Kansas State, as an assistant to head coach Jim Dickey. After subsequently serving a number of years as an assistant coach at a number of different schools, Patterson was hired as Defensive Coordinator at the University of New Mexico in 1996. He served in that job for two years before leaving to take the same position at TCU in 1998. He was named head coach at TCU prior to the Mobile Alabama Bowl in December 2000, replacing Dennis Franchione who left to become the head coach at the University of Alabama.
[edit] Head coaching career
In seven years at TCU, Patterson's 62 victories place him in third place on the TCU career victory chart, and he is the only coach in school history to record four 10-win seasons. His teams have only failed to reach a bowl game once (2004), the Frogs have earned a spot in the Final Top 25 four times. In 2005, Patterson led the Frogs to the Mountain West Conference championship in their first season of league play. Over the course of the 2005 & 2006 seasons, the Frogs won four consecutive games against Big 12 opponents, with only one of the four coming at home.
Patterson's name often comes up for head coaching vacancies around the country, including Iowa State, Miami, and his alma mater Kansas State.[citation needed] Most recently, he turned down a job offer from Minnesota worth over $2 million per year to stay at TCU.[2] On February 9, 2008, it was reported in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Patterson interviewed for the head coach position at both the University of Nebraska and the University of Arkansas without receiving offers from either school.[citation needed]
[edit] Head Coaching Record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| 2000** | TCU | 0–1 | 0–0 | L Mobile Alabama Bowl | 18 | 21 | |||
| 2001 | TCU | 6–6 | 4–3 | L Galleryfurniture.com Bowl | — | — | |||
| 2002 | TCU | 10–2 | 6–2 | W Liberty Bowl | 22 | 23 | |||
| 2003 | TCU | 11–2 | 7–1 | L Fort Worth Bowl | 24 | 25 | |||
| 2004 | TCU | 5–6 | 3–5 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | TCU | 11–1 | 8–0 | W Houston Bowl | 9 | 11 | |||
| 2006 | TCU | 11–2 | 6–2 | W Poinsettia Bowl | 21 | 22 | |||
| 2007 | TCU | 8–5 | 4–4 | W Texas Bowl | — | — | |||
| TCU: | 62–25 | 38–17 | ** replaced Dennis Franchione just before the bowl game | ||||||
| Total: | 62-25 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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| Preceded by Dennis Franchione |
Texas Christian University Head Football Coach 2000–present |
Succeeded by Current |
| Preceded by John L. Smith |
Conference USA Coach of the Year 2002 |
Succeeded by Jeff Bower |
| Preceded by Urban Meyer |
Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year 2005 |
Succeeded by Bronco Mendenhall |
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