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
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This senior class is special since it was our first full class. To win 11 games this season is a great tribute, and seniors like Quincy and Michael are on the forefront of this program's success.
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We knew coming in that we were going to have a dogfight, and we had to jump on them early, ... We did that, and our defense was swarming.
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You do what's best for the team. But we've always had a policy that you don't lose a starting job because of an injury. We'll see how it goes when he gets back.
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To be honest, I think that game probably put us in this situation,
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Even though it's only 70, the humidity is a lot worse than you give it credit for.
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We feel very fortunate and are very happy to be 1-0. I don't think many people gave us a chance to be 1-0. But you lose everything you gained winning against an Oklahoma if you go and get beat by SMU.
convention fight national
One of the things I'll fight when we have the national convention is to keep the coaches' challenge.
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Next week will be the hardest week that we'll have. For me, I hope it gets to be about 85 or 90 degrees again. We need a little bit more heat to start becoming condition ready and keep working.
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We have received questions from players all over the West Utah, California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico since the move was announced. We understand how good the competition is, that we're going to places like BYU to play in front of 60,000 instead of some places in Conference USA to play in front of 6,000. Bigger stadiums. A stronger league. Stronger nonconference scheduling. It's all a big difference for us and yet our kids are very excited.
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I thought he handled that very well. Then we were able to get him some bootlegs, and I don't think they were expecting him to run. ... I'm not sure he's a great runner, but he's mobile.
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I think that nine times out of 10, Oklahoma wins this game. Today was our one. We got a chance to show off on national TV and show America that TCU is not gone.
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I think that nine times out of 10, Oklahoma wins this game, ... Today was our one.
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I think what we were able to do (in 2003) and then what Utah did gives everyone hope for (automatic BCS inclusion),
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I said going into the ballgame that I thought there was a little bit of an advantage in having a senior quarterback. He gave me a scare .. and I told him to never do it again.