23 Facts About Gary Patterson

Gary Patterson was most recently a consultant at the University of Baylor.

Gary Patterson is the former head football coach at Texas Christian University and the coach with the most wins in Horned Frogs history.

Gary Patterson grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and at Kansas State University.

Gary Patterson received his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1983 from Kansas State University, where he became a member of the Acacia fraternity.

Outside of coaching, Gary Patterson plays guitar and performs at charity events around the Dallas-Fort Worth area during the off-season.

Gary Patterson began his coaching career in 1982 at Kansas State University as an assistant to head coach Jim Dickey.

Gary Patterson had previously served as a linebackers coach at Tennessee Tech where Franchione was the offensive coordinator and in the same capacity on Franchione's Pittsburg State University staff in 1988, as well as playing on the 1980 Kansas State Wildcats football team when Franchione was an assistant on the coaching staff.

Gary Patterson followed Franchione to Texas Christian University in 1998, serving as the defensive coordinator there, as well.

Gary Patterson was a 2000 finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.

Gary Patterson was named head coach at TCU prior to the Mobile Alabama Bowl in December 2000 after Franchione left to become the head coach at the University of Alabama.

Gary Patterson remains friends with New Mexico State head coach Jerry Kill from their time as coaches on Franchione's Pittsburg State staff.

Gary Patterson's teams won 10 games or more in a season eleven times.

In 2005, Gary Patterson led the Frogs to the Mountain West Conference championship in their first season as a member.

Gary Patterson tandem jumped with the Army Golden Knights prior to the 2005 TCU vs Army football game, crossing skydiving off his bucket list.

Gary Patterson was named the 2005 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year.

In January 2007, Gary Patterson turned down a head coaching offer from the University of Minnesota worth over $2 million per year.

Gary Patterson was named the 2009 AP Coach of the Year, becoming the first head coach of a BCS non-AQ conference team to win the award.

Gary Patterson won a total of seven national "Coach of the Year" awards in 2009 in addition to being named the Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year for the second time.

Gary Patterson won several national "Coach of the Year" honors for turning the team around after the 2013 season.

Gary Patterson was named the Big 12 Chuck Neinas Coach of the Year, his 4th such award in 3 different conferences, all earned while at TCU.

Gary Patterson served as an off-field analyst at the University of Texas for the 2022 season, working with head coach Steve Sarkisian.

In December 2018, The Gary Patterson Foundation donated $325,000 to 38 Fort Worth ISD elementary schools to upgrade the schools' libraries.

Gary and Kelsey Patterson were subsequently awarded the 2019 Texas Library Association Benefactor Award.