Jimmy Patsos
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Siena |
| Conference | MAAC |
| Record | 69–68 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 1, 1966 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| 1986–1989 | Catholic |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989–1991 | Archbishop Carroll HS (asst.) |
| 1991–2004 | Maryland (asst.) |
| 2004–2013 | Loyola (Maryland) |
| 2013–current | Siena |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 214–203 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
MAAC Tournament championship (2012) CBI championship (2014) |
|
| Awards | |
| Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (2012) | |
Jimmy Patsos (born October 1, 1966) is an American college basketball coach (of Greek and Irish heritage) and the current head men's basketball coach at Siena College.
Patsos earned his B.A. from Catholic University in 1989. There, he played basketball under Jack Bruen, who later coached Colgate University to a couple of NCAA tournament appearances in the 1990s.
Patsos served on the coaching staff of Gary Williams at the University of Maryland for 13 years, beginning as a volunteer assistant in 1991. Patsos took over at Loyola after they suffered a 1–27 season under former coach Scott Hicks.
Patsos was the 20th head coach of Loyola men's basketball. In his first season as coach in 2004, he guided them to a 6–22 record. In his second season, they reached 15–13, the first time they had a winning record since the 1993–94 season, the year they reached the NCAA Tournament under Skip Prosser.
On Dec. 22, 2009 a Patsos led Loyola team recorded the greatest regular season win in program history by defeating the Indiana Hoosiers 72–67. The Hounds led by as many as 22, before the Hoosiers rallied to take a late lead. Senior guard Brett Harvey led the Hounds back scoring 9 points in the final 3 minutes.
Patsos has guided the Greyhounds to multiple 3rd place MAAC finishes, finishing with 18 wins in 2006–07 and a tied a school record with 19 wins in 2007–08.
Patsos has sought local talent in his coaching staff. Former players from Maryland, Terrell Stokes and Matt Kovarik are former assistants at Loyola.
A former member of his staff at Loyola was current Loyola Head Coach G.G. Smith, the son of college basketball coach Tubby Smith
Patsos received a contract extension from Loyola on July 9, 2008. Per Loyola policies, details of the contract were not released.
On November 25, 2008, Patsos and the Greyhounds double-teamed Davidson All-American Stephen Curry for the entire game, leaving his other three players to face the 24th ranked Wildcats in a four on three game. Davidson won by 30, while Curry stood in the corner during most possessions. Commenting afterwords, Patsos said: "We had to play against an NBA player tonight. Anybody else ever hold him scoreless? I'm a history major. They're going to remember that we held him scoreless or we lost by 30? I know the fans are mad at me, but I had to roll the dice as far as a coach goes. I'm not some rookie coach," said Patsos, a former longtime assistant at Maryland. "I won a national title as a top assistant coach to Gary Williams. For 13 years I spent on Tobacco Road. I coached a couple of No. 1 picks in the draft. And we scored 48 points. That's the problem that Loyola basketball had today." (implying that his team's offense cost them the game, not their defense).
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