Gary Patterson
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| Date of birth | February 13, 1960 | |
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| Place of birth | Larned, Kansas | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Title | Head Coach | |
| Record with Team | 51-20 | |
| Overall Record | 51-20 | |
| Coaching Stats | College Football DataWarehouse | |
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| 1980-81 | Kansas State | |
| Position | Safety & Linebacker | |
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| 2000-Present | TCU | |
Gary Patterson (born February 13, 1960 in Larned, Kansas) is a college football head coach. He is currently the head coach at Texas Christian University. Patterson is a graduate of Kansas State University, where he played football as an undergraduate.
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[edit] Early Coaching career
Patterson began his coaching career in 1982 at Kansas State, 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 as Defensive Coordinator at the University of New Mexico in 1996. He served in that job for two years before leaving to take the same position at TCU in 1998. He was named head coach at TCU prior to the Mobile Alabama Bowl in December 2000, replacing Dennis Franchione who left to become the head coach at the University of Alabama.
[edit] Head Coaching Career
In six years at TCU, Patterson's 51 victories place him in third place on the TCU career victory chart. He is the only coach in school history to record three 10-win seasons, and he has the best mark of any Horned Frog coach after 61 games since Dutch Meyer started 44-13-4 from 1934-39. Patterson also ranks 16th in winning percentage among active coaches in Division I-A. Patterson has coached 50 All-Conference selections, five All-Americans, six Freshman All-Americans and one Academic All-American.
In 2005, Patterson led the Frogs to the Mountain West Conference championship in their first season of league play.
[edit] Head Coaching Record
| TEAM | YEAR | WINS | LOSSES | Bowl Game |
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| TCU | 2001 | 6 | 6 | Galleryfurniture.com Bowl |
| TCU | 2002 | 10 | 2 | Liberty Bowl |
| TCU | 2003 | 11 | 2 | Fort Worth Bowl |
| TCU | 2004 | 5 | 6 | |
| TCU | 2005 | 11 | 1 | Houston Bowl |
| TCU | 2006 | 8 | 2 | |
| CAREER TOTAL | 6 years | 51 | 20 |
| Preceded by: Dennis Franchione |
Texas Christian University Head Football Coach 2000–Present |
Succeeded by: Current |
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