Gary Patterson
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | TCU |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 149–54 |
| Annual salary | $4.75 Million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 13, 1960 Rozel, Kansas |
| Alma mater | Kansas State University |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1979 | Dodge City CC |
| 1980–1981 | Kansas State |
| Position(s) | Safety, linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982 | Kansas State (GA) |
| 1983–1984 | Tennessee Tech (LB) |
| 1986 | UC Davis (LB) |
| 1987 | Cal Lutheran (DC) |
| 1988 | Pittsburg State (LB) |
| 1989–1991 | Sonoma State (DC) |
| 1992 | Oregon Lightning Bolts |
| 1992–1994 | Utah State (DB) |
| 1995 | Navy (DB) |
| 1996–1997 | New Mexico (DC/S) |
| 1998–2000 | TCU (DC/S) |
| 2000–present | TCU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 149–54 |
| Bowls | 9–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 C-USA (2002) 4 MWC (2005, 2009–2011) 1 Big 12 (2014) |
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| Awards | |
| 2x AFCA Coach of the Year (2009, 2014) 2x AP Coach of the Year (2009, 2014) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (2009) 2x Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2009, 2014) George Munger Award (2009) Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2009) 2x SN Coach of the Year (2009, 2014) 2x Walter Camp Coach of the Year (2009, 2014) 2x The Woody Hayes Trophy (2009, 2014) Home Depot Coach of the Year Award (2014) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2014) C-USA Coach of the Year (2002) 2x MWC Coach of the Year (2005, 2009) Big 12 Coach of the Year (2014) |
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Gary Allen Patterson (born February 13, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Texas Christian University and the winningest coach in Horned Frogs' history. Patterson has led the TCU Horned Frogs to six conference championships—one Conference USA title in 2002; four Mountain West Conference titles in 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and one Big 12 Conference title in 2014—and nine bowl game victories—including victories in the 2011 Rose Bowl and 2014 Peach Bowl. His 2010 squad finished the season undefeated at 13–0 after a 21-19 Rose Bowl victory over the Wisconsin Badgers on New Year's Day 2011, and ranked second in the final tallying of both major polls.
Patterson grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and at Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson (née Hayes). He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake. He received his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1983 from Kansas State University, where he became a member of the Acacia Fraternity. While coaching at Tennessee Tech, he earned a master's degree in educational administration in 1984. Outside of coaching, Patterson plays guitar and performs at charity events around the Dallas-Fort Worth area during the off season.
Patterson began his coaching career in 1982 at Kansas State University 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 by Dennis Franchione as the defensive coordinator at the University of New Mexico in 1996. He had previously served as a linebackers coach at Tennessee Tech (1983-1984) where Franchione was the offensive coordinator and in the same capacity on Franchione's Pittsburg State University staff in 1988, as well as playing on the 1980 Kansas State Wildcats football team when Franchione was an assistant on the coaching staff. He followed Franchione to Texas Christian University (TCU) in 1998, serving as the defensive coordinator there, as well. Patterson was a 2000 finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach. He was named head coach at TCU prior to the Mobile Alabama Bowl in December 2000 after Franchione left to become the head coach at the University of Alabama.
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