John Patrick (basketball)

John Patrick (born February 29, 1968) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player.

Patrick attended DeMatha Catholic High School, where he played under coach Morgan Wooten, before moving to Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. He started his college career at Stanford University in 1987. Playing point guard for coach Mike Montgomery, he won the 1991 NIT Championship as a senior. Patrick led Stanford in assists per game in 1989-90 and 1990-91, while making the Pac-10 All-Academic Team his junior and senior year.

Upon graduation, Patrick had a 13-year career as a professional basketball player, mostly representing clubs in Japan and Germany. He had a number of tryouts with NBA team Golden State Warriors, but never made the roster. While sitting out the 1994-95 season with a knee injury, he served as an assistant coach of his team (Japan Energy), but later returned to the court and split time between playing and coaching in Japan in the following years.

In 2003, Patrick was appointed head coach of BG Göttingen, a second-division team from Germany. He coached the Violets until 2005 and then spent the 2005-06 season as head coach for Toyota Alvark in Japan. After one year, he returned to Göttingen and guided the team to promotion to Germany’s top-flight Basketball Bundesliga in 2007. Counting on a fast-paced style of play, Patrick led the team to three Bundesliga playoff appearances in four years and to the 2010 EuroChallenge title, while earning Bundesliga Coach of the Year honors in 2009 and 2010.

He parted company with BG Göttingen at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season to take the reins as head coach at fellow Bundesliga team s.Oliver Würzburg. Patrick led Würzburg to the playoff semifinals in 2011-12, but parted ways with the club at the end of the season.

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