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HEAD COACH GARY PAT TERSON
GARY PAT TERSON HEAD COACH
KANSAS STATE, 1983 14th Season as TCU Head Coach 17th Season Overall at TCU Since taking over the helm of the Horned Frogs in December 2000, Gary Patterson has become synonymous with TCU football. Patterson is the Horned Frogs’ all-time winningest coach with 120 victories. The success of the program under his leadership was key in TCU securing an invitation to the Big 12 Conference and the $164 million rebuild of Amon G. Carter Stadium. Patterson’s .732 winning percentage (120-44) ranks seventh among active coaches nationally (minimum 5 years). He is also one of just six active coaches with at least 100 victories at their current school. Patterson became TCU’s career leader in wins with a 56-0 victory over Grambling State in the 2012 season opener, a game that also marked the debut of the new Amon G. Carter Stadium. The previous TCU mark of 109 wins was held by Dutch Meyer (1934-52). In August 2011, Patterson was named the nation’s top coach by Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine. Sporting News tabbed him in January 2012 as the nation’s third-best coach. In leading TCU to back-to-back BCS appearances in the 2009 and 2010 seasons, including a 2011 Rose Bowl championship, Patterson received 10 National Coach of the Year honors. The Horned Frogs have won seven conference titles with Patterson on staff in addition to posting nine of the school’s 13 10-win seasons. The Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in eight of the last 12 years, including seven seasons of 11 or more victories. During his 16 years on campus, including three seasons as defensive coordinator (1998-00), Patterson has seen TCU make 14 bowl appearances. TCU is one of just 17 programs nationally to reach a bowl game in at least 14 of the last 16 seasons. From 2005-08, Patterson led the Horned Frogs to four straight bowl victories for the first time in school history. During that stretch, TCU was one of just seven schools nationally to have an active bowl-game winning streak of at least four in a row. TCU is 9-5 in bowl games with Patterson on its coaching staff and 7-5 with him as head coach. Prior to Patterson’s arrival on campus in 1998, the Horned Frogs had just four bowl wins in their history. In 13 seasons as a head coach, Patterson has coached 173 All-Conference selections, 17 first-team AllAmericans, 17 Freshman All-Americans and two Academic All-Americans. As TCU’s head coach, Patterson has had 34 players drafted with a total of 73 in NFL camps. Patterson’s success on the gridiron is also mirrored in the classroom for his players. In each of the last six seasons, TCU has been recognized by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) as one of the nation’s leaders in its graduation rate for student-athletes. TCU was one of just a few schools to achieve a graduation rate of 90 percent or better for its football studentathletes who entered as freshmen in 2005. TCU was also one of just four programs to finish in the top 25 in the final 2010 polls and in the Academic Progress Rate (APR). Since the NCAA began tracking statistics in 1937, TCU trails only Alabama for the most times leading the nation in total defense. The Crimson Tide have been No. 1 six times, while all five No. 1 rankings (2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010) for the Horned Frogs are in the last 14 seasons under Patterson. From 2008-10, TCU became just the third program in NCAA history to lead the nation in total defense in three consecutive seasons. TCU’s winning record in its first season in the Big 12 in 2012 came with the Horned Frogs fielding one of the
youngest teams in the country. TCU tied for the national lead in most true freshmen played (16) as well as total freshmen (28) seeing the field. Nearly 70 percent of Horned Frogs who received playing time in 2012 were either freshmen or sophomores. TCU led the Big 12 in total defense with just one senior on its entire defensive depth chart. In its first year in the Big 12, TCU had 18 players recognized with all-conference honors. The list included true freshman defensive end Devonte Fields, who was named the Associated Press Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Cornerback Jason Verrett was the 2013 Co-Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Despite losing 26 seniors to graduation off his Rose Bowl championship team, Patterson led a 2011 TCU squad to a third consecutive Mountain West championship. It was the first time the Horned Frogs won a conference title in three straight seasons. TCU was also the first team in MW history to win the league championship in three consecutive campaigns. The 2011 campaign saw TCU record its fourth straight 11-win season and become the only program nationally to reach 11 victories six times in a seven-year span (2005-11). In 2010, Patterson guided the Horned Frogs to an undefeated season and Rose Bowl championship. TCU finished second in the final polls with a 13-0 record, its first perfect campaign since winning the national championship in 1938. Patterson was named American Football Monthly’s 2010 Coach of the Year as he led TCU to its second straight BCS game. Other honors for Patterson included the Exchange Club of Fort Worth recognizing him as Fort Worth’s Outstanding Citizen for 2010, while the National Football Foundation’s Gridiron Club of Dallas selected him for its 2011 Distinguished Texan Award. Patterson also received the 2010 TCU Chancellor’s Staff Award for Outstanding Service. In 2009, Patterson was selected for nine national coaching honors after leading TCU to a 12-1 record, No. 6 ranking and Fiesta Bowl appearance. Patterson was named National Coach of the Year by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association and Sporting News while also receiving the Bobby Dodd Award, Eddie Robinson Award, Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award, George Munger Award and Woody Hayes Award. Despite losing two starters in the first two rounds of the National Football League draft and a pair of four-year starters at cornerback, TCU topped the nation in total defense in 2010. In six of its seven seasons in the Mountain West, TCU set the pace on the all-conference teams. The Horned Frogs had a school-record 20 selections in 2009, 19 in 2011, 18 in 2005 and 2008, 17 in 2010, 14 in 2006 and 11 in 2007. The No. 6 spot in the polls in 2009 was TCU’s highest season-ending ranking since 1955, when it was also sixth. The Horned Frogs had their first undefeated regular season since their 1938 national championship campaign. Despite losing seven starters to graduation, including three to the NFL, off 2008’s No. 1 defense, the Horned Frogs led the nation in 2009 by allowing just 239.7 yards per game. TCU and Florida were the only schools in 2009 to rank in the top 10 nationally in total offense and defense. The Horned Frogs were seventh offensively at 456.7 yards per game. In 2008, Patterson was one of 15 semifinalists for the George Munger National Coach of the Year Award by the Maxwell Football Club. He was also named to the Paul
PAT TERSON FILE Born: ________________________________Feb. 13, 1960 Birthplace:____________________________Larned, Kan. Hometown:____________________________ Rozel, Kan. High School:_____________ Pawnee Heights, Kan. (1978) Alma Mater:_____________________ Kansas State (1983)
Physical Education
Master’s Degree: _____________ Tennessee Tech (1984)
Educational Administration
Playing Experience:_____________Dodge City CC (1978-79)
Kansas State (1980-81)
Married: _________________________________ Kelsey Children:_____________________ Josh, Cade and Blake
COACHING EXPERIENCE 1982___________________Kansas State (Graduate Asst.) 1983-84________________ Tennessee Tech (Linebackers) 1986________________________ UC Davis (Linebackers) 1987_____________ Cal Lutheran (Defensive Coordinator) 1988______________ Pittsburg State (Kan.) (Linebackers) 1989-91________________________ Sonoma (Calif.) State
(Defensive Coordinator)
1992________________________ Oregon Lightning Bolts 1992-94______________________ Utah State (Secondary) 1995____________________________ Navy (Secondary) 1996-97______________________________ New Mexico
(Defensive Coordinator/Safeties)
1998-00___________TCU (Defensive Coordinator/Safeties) 2000-present_____________________ TCU (Head Coach)
BOWL GAMES 1982 ______________ Independence Bowl (Kansas State) 1993 ____________________ Las Vegas Bowl (Utah State) 1997 _________________ Insight.com Bowl (New Mexico) 1998 ______________________________ Sun Bowl (TCU) 1999 ____________________ Mobile Alabama Bowl (TCU) 2000 ____________________ Mobile Alabama Bowl (TCU) 2001 _________________ galleryfurniture.com Bowl (TCU) 2002 ____________________________Liberty Bowl (TCU) 2003 _________________________Fort Worth Bowl (TCU) 2005__________________________ Houston Bowl (TCU) 2006 _________________________ Poinsettia Bowl (TCU) 2007 ____________________________ Texas Bowl (TCU) 2008_________________________ Poinsettia Bowl (TCU) 2009____________________________ Fiesta Bowl (TCU) 2010_____________________________ Rose Bowl (TCU) 2011_________________________ Poinsettia Bowl (TCU) 2012__________________Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (TCU)
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