Greg Patton
| Sport(s) | Tennis |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| Record | 0-0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 1, 1952 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003-current | BSU |
| 2003-2009 | WTT:St. Louis Aces |
| 1998-2003 | USA National Team |
| 1992-1998 | BSU |
| 1979-1992 | UC Irvine |
| 1976-1978 | UC-Santa Barbara |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 759-343 (2004?) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2003 WAC Championship 2002 World Junior Cup Championship |
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| Awards | |
| (Awards the coach has received) | |
| Records | |
| (coaching records; e.g. all-time wins, etc.) | |
Greg Patton (born 1952) is a tennis coach, both nationally and at a collegiate level. He currently leads the nationally ranked Boise State Broncos of men's tennis program of Boise State University as their head coach. His career record at Boise State is 203-67. At Boise State, he has won seven conference championships in nine seasons in four different conferences (Big Sky, Big West, Western Athletic Conference, Mountain West).
His overall college coaching record is 554-260.
Patton is also a veteran coach in the World TeamTennis ranks. He was the head coach of the St. Louis Aces, whose roster includes Andy Roddick.
He lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife, Christa, who was an adjunct French Professor at Boise State, and two children, Chelsea and Garrett. Garrett is currently playing professionally in Europe.
Greg Patton played his collegiate tennis for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos of the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1972-73 and 1973-74.
Patton began his coaching career at his alma mater, UC Santa Barbara, where he coached in 1976-77 and 1977-78. He also coached at CSU Bakersfield one season (1978–79) before beginning his 13 year stint at UC Irvine.
From 1984 through 1987 he served as the Head Junior National Coach with the USA Junior National Team that included Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, Michael Chang, Patrick McEnroe, Luke Jensen, David Wheaton and MaliVai Washington.
Locally and nationally, Patton is popularly credited with putting Boise State on the American collegiate tennis map. When he first joined the Broncos, Boise State had not won a conference tennis title since 1974. Coach Patton changed things quickly – winning Big Sky trophies in 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. He then led the Broncos to their fifth consecutive league title in 1997, which was a Big West trophy. That same season, Boise State was ranked as high as second in the nation, went to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament and finished fifth.
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