Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Pattersonis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Texas Christian University. Patterson has led the TCU Horned Frogs to six conference championships—the Conference USA title in 2002, four Mountain West Conference titles, and Big 12 Conference co-championship in 2014—and eight bowl game wins including a victory in the 2011 Rose Bowl. His 2010 squad finished the season undefeated at 13–0 after a 21-19 Rose Bowl victory over the Wisconsin Badgers on...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 February 1960
field fourth goal
I said when we got here that I thought it was going to come down to a field goal in the fourth quarter.
close move people top
I think (the players) know that they have a chance, with some other people losing, to move close to the top 10.
biggest coach everybody good hard head kids ups win
For me, this will probably be the biggest win as a head coach for this program. You've got to know everybody will have ups and downs. This is real important. These are all my kids now that I've recruited. It's good to see them play hard and play in that kind of arena.
football great teams tenure
If that's how his (Bronco Mendenhall) teams are going to play in his tenure here, they are going to have some great football teams.
given great shows three
He's given TCU three great years. All you can say is it shows that TCU has arrived.
install trying
There are so many things being taught. We're just trying to install and get better.
difference games lost overtime won
The only difference between us and them is that we won two overtime games and they lost three.
crisis dependable supply
We don't have a supply crisis here. We have these dependable sources.
ahead defense game group offense until worry
You always worry about your offense, but our offense is a little ahead of our defense right now. This group is ready, but you never know until game time.
people saying stadium
I don't think many people went out of the stadium that day saying it was too long of a game,
aspect coast motivational picked slight west
I didn't feel it was a slight because I probably would've picked us eighth, ... Obviously, as a coach, you use that as a motivational aspect of, 'The West Coast doesn't know much about us.'
defense earned final finish high jump opportunity played proud second team top
I'm really proud of the team and really proud of the way the defense played in the second half. We wanted an opportunity to finish high and jump into the top 10 in the final rankings. I feel like we've earned it.
chemistry fortitude handled sure
I'm not sure that we would have the fortitude and chemistry that we have right now and how we've handled things if it wasn't for that loss.
high looked pass school
In pass coverage, we looked like a high school team.