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In the [[2009 college football season]], Patterson led the [[2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team|Horned Frogs]] to a perfect 12-0 season record, a Mountain West Conference Championship, a #4 [[Bowl Championship Series|BCS]] season-ending ranking, and an invitation to the [[2010 Fiesta Bowl]]. The Horned Frogs became the second "[[BCS Buster#BCS_Buster|BCS Buster]]" from the Mountain West Conference (and the fourth, overall) and were two games away from a likely [[BCS National Championship Game]] berth (close come-from-behind wins by [[2009 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] and [[2009 Cincinnati Bearcats football team|Cincinnati]] on on the final weekend of the season kept the Horned Frogs from advancing to #2 in the rankings). Patterson was named the 2009 [[Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award|AP Coach of the Year]], becoming the first head coach of a non-[[BCS conference]] team to win the award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=4767779|title=TCU's Patterson is AP's top coach}}</ref> |
In the [[2009 college football season]], Patterson led the [[2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team|Horned Frogs]] to a perfect 12-0 season record, a Mountain West Conference Championship, a #4 [[Bowl Championship Series|BCS]] season-ending ranking, and an invitation to the [[2010 Fiesta Bowl]]. The Horned Frogs became the second "[[BCS Buster#BCS_Buster|BCS Buster]]" from the Mountain West Conference (and the fourth, overall) and were two games away from a likely [[BCS National Championship Game]] berth (close come-from-behind wins by [[2009 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] and [[2009 Cincinnati Bearcats football team|Cincinnati]] on on the final weekend of the season kept the Horned Frogs from advancing to #2 in the rankings). Patterson was named the 2009 [[Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award|AP Coach of the Year]], becoming the first head coach of a non-[[BCS conference]] team to win the award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=4767779|title=TCU's Patterson is AP's top coach}}</ref> |
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===Future=== |
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Patterson's future has been in the news of late after the departure of several head coaches including [[Charlie Weis]] from [[Notre Dame]] and [[Urban Meyer]] from the [[University of Florida]]. As of December 26, 2009 it was reported by several publications that Patterson has been offered Meyer's position as the head coach of the Florida Gators. Currently, neither Patterson or the University of Florida has issued a statement dealing with these rumors. It is expected that an official announcement will be made following TCU's appearance in the BCS [[Fiesta Bowl]] and Florida's game in the BCS [[Sugar Bowl]]. |
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==Head coaching record== |
==Head coaching record== |
Revision as of 04:40, 27 December 2009
Gary Patterson (born February 13, 1960 in Larned, Kansas) is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University.
Coaching career
Early years
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
In eight years at TCU, Patterson's 73 victories place him in second place on the TCU career victory chart, and he is the only coach in school history to record six 10-win seasons. His teams have only failed to reach a bowl game once (2004), the Frogs have earned a spot in the Final Top 25 five 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 won four consecutive games against Big 12 opponents, with only one of the four coming at home.
Patterson turned down a job offer from Minnesota worth over $2 million per year to stay at TCU.[2]
In the 2009 college football season, Patterson led the Horned Frogs to a perfect 12-0 season record, a Mountain West Conference Championship, a #4 BCS season-ending ranking, and an invitation to the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. The Horned Frogs became the second "BCS Buster" from the Mountain West Conference (and the fourth, overall) and were two games away from a likely BCS National Championship Game berth (close come-from-behind wins by Texas and Cincinnati on on the final weekend of the season kept the Horned Frogs from advancing to #2 in the rankings). Patterson was named the 2009 AP Coach of the Year, becoming the first head coach of a non-BCS conference team to win the award.[3]
Future
Patterson's future has been in the news of late after the departure of several head coaches including Charlie Weis from Notre Dame and Urban Meyer from the University of Florida. As of December 26, 2009 it was reported by several publications that Patterson has been offered Meyer's position as the head coach of the Florida Gators. Currently, neither Patterson or the University of Florida has issued a statement dealing with these rumors. It is expected that an official announcement will be made following TCU's appearance in the BCS Fiesta Bowl and Florida's game in the BCS Sugar Bowl.
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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TCU (WAC) (2000) | |||||||||
2000** | TCU | 0–1 | 0–0 | L Mobile Alabama Bowl | 18 | 21 | |||
TCU (Conference USA) (2000–2004) | |||||||||
2001 | TCU | 6–6 | 4–3 | L Galleryfurniture.com Bowl | — | — | |||
2002 | TCU | 10–2 | 6–2 | W Liberty Bowl | 22 | 23 | |||
2003 | TCU | 11–2 | 7–1 | L Fort Worth Bowl | 24 | 25 | |||
2004 | TCU | 5–6 | 3–5 | — | — | ||||
TCU (Mountain West) (2005–Present) | |||||||||
2005 | TCU | 11–1 | 8–0 | 1st | W Houston Bowl | 9 | 11 | ||
2006 | TCU | 11–2 | 6–2 | 2nd | W Poinsettia Bowl | 21 | 22 | ||
2007 | TCU | 8–5 | 4–4 | 5th | W Texas Bowl | — | — | ||
2008 | TCU | 11–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | W Poinsettia Bowl | 7 | 7 | ||
2009 | TCU | 12–0 | 8–0 | 1st | Fiesta Bowl | 3 | 3 | ||
TCU: | 85–27 | 53–18 | ** replaced Dennis Franchione just before the bowl game | ||||||
Total: | 85-27 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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