Tag: Gary Patterson

Oct 8, 2022; Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; Referee Gary Patterson reviews a call on the field during the game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Virginia Cavaliers during the third quarter at Scott Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

Report: Longtime ACC ref quits due to replay frustration

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Upset over how a replay review was handled in last Saturday’s UConn-Syracuse game, Atlantic Coast Conference referee Gary Patterson resigned, ESPN reported on Friday.

An ACC official since 2002, Patterson quit after he served as the head referee of the matchup, a 27-20 overtime win for host Syracuse.

Patterson was slated to referee the Pitt-West Virginia matchup this Saturday, but the ACC said on Friday that Patterson’s crew has been adjusted after his departure.

Late in the first half with UConn ahead 14-3, Syracuse quarterback Steve Angeli had his arm hit as he threw the ball on a first-down play at the Huskes’ 25-yard line. The ball went forward and landed on the turf, and the officiating crew ruled an incomplete pass.

On second down, Angeli’s throw was nearly intercepted, leading to a third-and-10 with 53 seconds left in the half. But Patterson got on the head set after a flag was thrown, announcing that “replay had buzzed in prior to the previous play” after communicating with the ACC command center.

Per the report, several camera angles showed no indication that any on-field official had been buzzed by the replay before the second-down play. A spokesperson for the conference said officials were buzzed from the booth to start a review and added that the ACC internally addressed the situation.

The first-down play was then reviewed to see if Angeli fumbled, but the call of an incomplete pass was upheld.

Per ESPN, officials for UConn and Syracuse were informed that the referee had “not heard” the initial request from the booth before the ball was snapped on second down.

According to the report, the directive to initiate a review came from the ACC command center.

Patterson, who did not respond to ESPN’s requests for comment, was apparently bothered by the ACC forcing a replay after the next play of the drive.

Syracuse recovered to kick a field goal as time expired, going 61 yards on its next seven plays before rallying in the second half.

–Field Level Media

Oct 23, 2021; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; TCU Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson reacts during the first half against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

Reports: Gary Patterson joins Texas in off-field role

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Longtime TCU head coach Gary Patterson is poised to join the Texas Longhorns in an off-field capacity, Horns247 and ESPN reported Wednesday.

Patterson’s title will be special assistant to the head coach, Steve Sarkisian. He will be in place for the 2022 season and will be tasked with helping to improve the Longhorns’ defense under defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, per the reports.

The Longhorns finished 99th nationally in scoring defense and 100th in total defense last season, Sarkisian’s first in Austin.

Patterson was forced out at TCU in October after 21-plus years and a 181-79 record as head coach. He guided the Horned Frogs to 10 or more wins on 11 occasions. Patterson spent 24 years at TCU altogether.

Patterson, 61, was spotted at a Longhorns basketball game Tuesday night talking with Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte, who was Patterson’s AD at TCU before leaving for Texas in 2017.

–Field Level Media

Oct 23, 2021; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; TCU Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson reacts during the first half against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

TCU, Gary Patterson agree to part ways

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TCU has “mutually agreed to part ways” with coach Gary Patterson after 21-plus years with him at the head of the Horned Frogs’ football program.

Assistant Jerry Kill will serve as TCU’s interim coach for the remainder of the season.

TCU is 3-5 overall (1-4 Big 12) and has lost five of its past six games. The team could finish with a losing record for the third time in six seasons.

TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati said in a statement that he and Patterson agreed a new voice was needed in the program. Patterson is the program’s all-time leader in victories with 181.

“The story of Gary Patterson and the rise in the fortunes of the TCU football program over the last 20 years is clearly one of the most remarkable in the history of college football,” Donati said. “We are grateful to Gary and Kelsey Patterson and appreciate everything they have meant to TCU and the Fort Worth community.

“Under his leadership, TCU has become a nationally recognized brand name in football and in collegiate athletics. Chancellor (Victor) Boschini and I met with Coach Patterson today and mutually agreed that the time has come for a new voice and leadership in our football program. We asked him to continue on as our head coach for the remainder of the season, and take on a different role in 2022, but he believed it was in the team’s and TCU’s best interests to begin the transition immediately.”

Patterson took over as the Horned Frogs’ coach starting with the 2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl. He led the program’s transition from Conference USA to the Mountain West, turned it into a perennial power and then helped them make the jump to the Big 12.

Under Patterson, TCU appeared in the 2009 Fiesta Bowl, which they lost to Boise State in a matchup of undefeated Group of Five teams, and then the 2010 Rose Bowl, where they defeated Wisconsin.

Patterson, 61, was 181-79 all-time as TCU’s coach. He guided the Horned Frogs to 10 or more wins on 11 occasions.

Kill’s head-coaching stops comprise Northern Illinois (2008-10) and Minnesota (2011-15). He is 60 years old.

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Sep 4, 2021; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; TCU Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson and his team before the game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Duquesne Dukes at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Gary Patterson: SEC schools trying to poach with NIL

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One of the new realities with name, image and likeness (NIL) rights in college sports is the potential for that source of income to influence players’ decisions of where to play. According to TCU head coach Gary Patterson, that kind of recruiting is already going on — and it’s being aimed at players already on campus.

Patterson made the case that his own program should step up its efforts in encouraging NIL deals for his players, saying at a school-sponsored event Wednesday night that several SEC schools are trying to poach one of his players already.

“There’s five SEC schools calling him and telling him, ‘Here’s what we’ll give you if you come here and not stay at TCU,’” Patterson said, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

“At the end of the day, that’s just real life. … The rules have changed. There is no wrong anymore.”

Patterson’s stated objective is for business leaders in the Fort Worth, Texas area and other school supporters to step up and help his players more.

But the anecdote also calls into question the problem of coaches trying to poach from other programs, an occurrence liable to become more and more likely without further reform of the existing rules.

On Tuesday, Sports Illustrated reported that the NCAA is investigating giving schools a one-year waiver on class size limits, giving schools the option to replace up to seven players who leave in the transfer portal.

That could help provide relief to schools that suffer attrition, but it wouldn’t curtail said attrition either.

“The bottom line to it is I can lose 25-30 guys on scholarships by January,” Patterson said.

–Field Level Media

Sep 21, 2019; Fort Worth, TX, USA; TCU Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson reacts during the second half against the Southern Methodist Mustangs at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

TCU’s Patterson apologizes for repeating racial slur

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TCU football coach Gary Patterson apologized Tuesday for repeating a racial slur, which prompted several players to skip practice Monday.

Patterson repeated the N-word to Horned Frogs linebacker Dylan Jordan during a conversation on Sunday when he was instructing the redshirt freshman to stop using the word in team meetings.

“I met with our Seniors and Leadership Council last night about how we move forward as [a] team, together,” Patterson said in a statement on Twitter. “We are committed as individuals and as a program to fighting racial injustice of any kind.

“I apologize for the use of a word that, in any context, is unacceptable. I have always encouraged our players to do better and be better and I must live by the same standards. Our players, past and present have always been the strength of our program. These men are and will always be my motivation and driving force.”

University chancellor Victor Boschini wrote in an email to TCU’s student media that Patterson was not directing the slur against any player or group of players.

“He said it trying to ask the players not to use it anymore,” Boschini wrote. “He has since apologized for doing so in this manner and said it was a teachable moment for him and many others.”

Patterson, 60, is the winningest coach in TCU history with a 172-70 record since taking over the program in 2000. He has an 11-6 record in bowl games with the Frogs.

–Field Level Media