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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.

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.

Head coaching career

In six years at TCU, Patterson's 54 victories place him in third place on the TCU career victory chart, and he is the only coach in school history to record four 10-win seasons. His teams have only failed to reach a bowl game once, the Frogs have earned a spot in the Final Top 25 four times. In 2005, Patterson led the Frogs to the Mountain West Conference championship in their first season of league play. Over the course of the 2005 & 2006 seasons, the Frogs have won 4 consecutive games against Big 12 opponents, with only one of the four coming at home.

Patterson's name constantly comes up for head coaching vacancies around the country, including his alma mater Kansas State, Iowa State, and the University of Miami. Most recently, he turned down a job offer from Minnesota worth over $2 million per year to stay at TCU.^[2]

Head Coaching Record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
TCU Horned Frogs (Western Athletic Conference) (2000)
2000**	TCU	0–1	0–0		L Mobile Alabama Bowl	18	21
TCU:		0–1	0–0	** replaced Franchione just before the bowl game
TCU Horned Frogs (Conference USA) (2001–2004)
2001	TCU	6–6	4–3		L Galleryfurniture.com Bowl	—	—
2002	TCU	10–2	8–2		W Liberty Bowl	22	23
2003	TCU	11–2	7–1		L Fort Worth Bowl	24	25
2004	TCU	5–6	3–5			—	—
TCU:		32–16	22–11
TCU Horned Frogs (Mountain West Conference) (2005–present)
2005	TCU	11–1	8–0		W Houston Bowl	9	11
2006	TCU	11–2	6–2		W Poinsettia Bowl	21	22
2007	TCU	8–5	4–4		W Texas Bowl	—	—
TCU:		30–8	18–6
Total:		62-25
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

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Preceded by Dennis Franchione	Texas Christian University Head Football Coach 2000–present	Succeeded by Current
Preceded by John L. Smith	Conference USA Coach of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Jeff Bower
Preceded by Urban Meyer	Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year 2005	Succeeded by Bronco Mendenhall

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[1] ttp://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/mwc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/allconf05.pdf

[2] ttp://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/16488232.htm

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