Gary Patterson

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Early life, playing career, education, and family.

Patterson grew up in Rozel, Kansas, and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson (née Hayes). Josh, Cade, and Blake are three of his three sons. He earned his bachelor's degree in physical education at Kansas State University in 1983, where he became a member of the Acacia fraternity. He earned a master's degree in educational administration in 1984 while teaching at Tennessee Tech. Patterson performs on guitar and appears at charity functions around the Dallas-Fort Worth area during the off season.

Coaching career

Patterson began his teaching career at Kansas State University in 1982 as an assistant to head coach Jim Dickey. Patterson was hired by Dennis Franchione as the defensive coordinator at the University of New Mexico in 1996 after spending several years as an assistant coach at a number of colleges. Franchione was both the offensive coordinator and in the same role on Franchione's Pittsburg State University staff in 1988, as well as playing on the 1980 Kansas State Wildcats football team while Franchione was an assistant on the coaching staff. In 1998, Franchione was on his way to Texas Christian University (TCU), where he spent time as the defensive coordinator as well. Patterson was a finalist for the Broyles Award, which is given every year to the nation's best college football assistant coach. Prior to the Mobile Alabama Bowl in December 2000, Franchione left TCU to become the head coach at the University of Alabama.

Patterson remains a mentor for Franchione's Pittsburg State employees, as head coach Jerry Kill from their time as assistants. During Patterson's wedding to wife Kelsey in 2004, Kill served as the best man.

Patterson won his 110th game at TCU, beating Grambling 56-0, making him the winningest coach in program history. In a season of ten years, his teams averaged ten games or more. In 2004, 2013, 2013 and 2019, there have been only three times that they failed to reach a bowl. The Horned Frogs were in the top ten times in the year-end top 25, including his partial season as head coach in 2000. In 2005, Patterson led the Frogs to the Mountain West Conference championship in their first season as a member. The Frogs won four games against Big 12 Conference opponents in a row, with three of them winning on the road. Prior to the 2005 TCU vs. Army football match, he and his team jumped with the Army Golden Knights, crossing skydiving off his bucket list. Patterson was named the year's best Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year in 2005. Patterson turned down a head coaching job from the University of Minnesota worth more than $2 million a year in January 2007.

Patterson led the 2009 Horned Frogs to a stunning 12–0 regular season record, as well as a Mountain West Conference championship. The final BCS ranking and an invitation to the 2010 Fiesta Bowl marked the first major bowl appearance in 51 years for the first time in 51 years. They lost 17–10 to an undefeated No. 6 Boise State. The 2009 Horned Frogs was the second "BCS Buster" from the Mountain West Conference (and the fourth overall). For the most part of the season, they were a candidate for the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. However, any hopes of the Horned Frogs playing in the national championship came to an end on the final day of the season, when Cincinnati defeated Pitt. This meant that two teams from Automatic Qualifying conferences would finish undefeated during the regular season (whoever championed the 2009 SEC Championship Game will also finish undefeated). Patterson was named the 2009 AP Coach of the Year after becoming the first head coach of a BCS non-AQ conference team to win the award. In addition to being named the Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year" for the second time (his third conference "Coach of the Year" award, overall), he received a total of seven national "Coach of the Year" awards in 2009.

Patterson led the 2010 Horned Frogs to their second straight undefeated regular season and a No. 1 finish. BCS ranked #3 in the final rankings. During the BCS era, TCU was given the first Rose Bowl invitation from a non-automatic qualifying conference. The Horned Frogs won the 2011 Rose Bowl, 21-19, over Wisconsin, caping off only the second undefeated and untied season in school history. Patterson was 7-6 2012 and 4-8 2013 seasons before TCU, but the Horned Frogs won their first Big 12 championship in 2014, ranking in the top 5 polls, with impressive victories over No. 9 and No. 8 2012. No. 4 Oklahoma, Minnesota, No. No. 4 Oklahoma, Minnesota, No. 69 7 Kansas State is 75% down on a 31-point third quarter against Texas Tech, with 82 points scoring behind a 31-point third quarter.

The 2014 TCU Horned Frogs football team shared a conference championship with Baylor and was ranked No. 1 in the nation. The inaugural College Football Playoff selection committee had a 6-6 picket. Patterson has received several national "Coach of the Year" awards for rebuilding the team after the 2013 season. He was also named Big 12 Chuck Neinas Coach of the Year, his 4th such award in a three separate conferences, and all earned while at TCU.

Patterson's deal had been extended through 2022, according to TCU's annual base salary of $4.75 million, which had been announced in August 2016. In 2016, the Frogs went 6-7 (4-5), losing 31-23 to Georgia in the Liberty Bowl. TCU opened with a 63-0 win over Jackson State in 2017. In Week 2, the team defeated Arkansas 28-7. The No. 3 was No. 3 in Week 3. In the Iron Skillet Rivalry Rivalry, the 20 Frogs defeated SMU 56-36. The No. 4 ranked in week 4 remained unchanged in week 4. No. 16 Frogs were dissatisfied with No. Halfback Darius Anderson's halfback Darius Anderson's touchdown performance led Oklahoma State 44-31. Next, the No. 2nd in the world. The 9 Frogs defeated No. 21-24. In a game in which quarterback Kenny Hill had a passing, rushing, and receiving touchdown, he was 23 West Virginia. No. TCU won 26-6 over Kansas State and moved to No. 6 in the Midwest, and took the title. With a 6-0 start, the 4th National Football League is off to a 4-0 start. They beat Kansas 43-0 to advance to 7-0 and lead the Big 12 after a shutout. However, the Wolves lost 14-7 to No. 9 in Week 8. Iowa State has dropped to No. 25 after 25 Iowa State dropped to No. 1. 8. They defeated Texas 24-7, gaining their No. 1 position. They lost 38-20 to No. 6, but they lost 38-20 to No. 6. 5 Oklahoma. TCU bounced back by defeating Texas Tech 27-3, a game Kenny Hill didn't participate in. The No. 13 is the No. 1 in Week 13. The 12 Frogs defeated Baylor 45-22 to finish 10-2. They were ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 Championship Game. 11 was defeated 41-17 to No. 1, but No. 10 was defeated 41-17. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They've dropped to No. 2 on the charts. Against No. 13 and 11 were voted into the Alamo Bowl, the first and only ones to win the title. Stanford is a university in the United States. The Alamo Bowl was won by TCU over Stanford 39-37.

Patterson started the 2021 season 3–5 and was fired on October 31, 2021. At the time of his retirement, he was the second longest tenured coach in the FBS, only behind Iowa's Kirk Ferentz.

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