Sarah Patterson (coach)

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Sarah Patterson

Title	Head coach
College	University of Alabama
Sport	Women's gymnastics
Conference	SEC
Place of birth	Binghamton, New York, United States
Career highlights
Overall	366-79-4 (through 2007 Season)
Championships
4 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championships (1988, 1991, 1996, 2002) 5 SEC Titles (1988, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2003) 23 NCAA Regional Titles (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Coached 21 NCAA Individual champions^[1] Coached 40 SEC Individual champions Coached 3 NCAA Top VIII Award winners Coached 51 athletes to 229 All-American honors^[2] Coached 44 athletes with 115 Scholastic All-American honors (since 1991)
Awards
3 Time SEC Women's Gymnastics Coach of the Year (1985, 1995, 2000) 4 Time NCAA Coach of the Year (1986, 1988, 1991, 2002)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979-current	University of Alabama

Sarah Patterson is the head coach of the women's gymnastics program at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She has built the Alabama gymnastics program into one of the most successful programs in the history of college gymnastics.

Patterson graduated from Slippery Rock State College in 1978, and was named the head women's gymnastics coach at the University of Alabama by then Athletics Director Paul "Bear" Bryant later that year.

Patterson is married to Alabama Crimson Tide Associate Head Coach David Patterson. The Pattersons have two children, Jessie, 22, and Jordan, 16.

[edit] Career Review and Honors

4 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championships - 1988, 1991, 1996, 2002^[3]
5 Southeastern Conference Championships - 1988, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2003^[4]
23 NCAA Regional Titles - 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008^[5]
Southeastern Conference Women's Gymnastics Coach of the Year - 1985, 1995, 2000^[4]
NCAA Women's Gymnastics Coach of the Year - 1986, 1988, 1991, 2002
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (Inducted March 2003)

[edit] References

v • d • e Current head women's gymnastics coaches of the Southeastern Conference

Sarah Patterson (Alabama) · Mark Cook & René Cook (Arkansas) · Jeff Thompson (Auburn) · Rhonda Faehn (Florida) · Suzanne Yoculan (Georgia) · Mo Mitchell (Kentucky) · D-D Breaux (LSU)

Persondata
NAME	Patterson,Sarah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Women's collegiate gymnastics coach
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH	Binghamton, New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH