Gary Patterson

Gary Patterson (born February 13, 1960 in Larned, Kansas) is a college football 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.

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.

Head Coaching Record

TEAM	YEAR	WINS	LOSSES	Bowl Game
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
CAREER TOTAL	5 years	43	18

In just five full seasons, Patterson's 43 victories place him fourth on the TCU career victory chart, and he is the only head football coach in TCU history to record three 10-win seasons. He has the best mark of any Horned Frog coach after 61 games since Dutch Meyer started 44-13-4 from 1934-39. He 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.

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Coaching career

Head Coaching Record

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