Biographical details | |
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Born | Corsicana, Texas, U.S. | December 10, 1950
Alma mater | Army |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1978 | North Texas (assistant) |
1979 | Iowa (assistant DB) |
1980 | Iowa (RC) |
1981–1988 | Iowa (TE) |
1989–1991 | Iowa (QB/WR) |
1992–1997 | Iowa (OC/QB/WR) |
1998 | Iowa (OC/WR/TE) |
1999–2007 | Western Illinois |
2008–2009 | Western Illinois |
2011–2013 | Buffalo (QB/RC) |
2014 | Connecticut (associate HC/QB) |
2015 | Connecticut (AHC/TE) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 63–47 |
Tournaments | 2–3 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 Gateway (2000, 2002) | |
Don Patterson (born December 10, 1950) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois from 1999 to 2009, when he resigned due to health problems related to treatment for cancer.[1] Patterson was the 18th football coach at the school. His record at Western Illinois was 63–47. He spent his final two years of coaching as assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach of the Connecticut Huskies. Patterson announced his retirement on January 8, 2016, after 37 years of college coaching.
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | TSN# | |||
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Western Illinois Leathernecks (Gateway Football Conference) (1999–2007) | |||||||||
1999 | Western Illinois | 7–4 | 2–4 | T–4th | |||||
2000 | Western Illinois | 9–3 | 5–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | 12 | |||
2001 | Western Illinois | 5–5 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
2002 | Western Illinois | 11–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | 5 | |||
2003 | Western Illinois | 9–4 | 5–2 | T–3rd | L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | 6 | |||
2004 | Western Illinois | 4–7 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
2005 | Western Illinois | 5–6 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
2006 | Western Illinois | 5–6 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
2007 | Western Illinois | 6–5 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
Western Illinois Leathernecks (Gateway Football Conference / Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2008–2009) | |||||||||
2008 | Western Illinois | 1–3[n 1] | 1–3[n 1] | T–4th | |||||
2009 | Western Illinois | 1–2[n 2] | 0–0[n 2] | [n 2] | |||||
Western Illinois: | 63–47 | 33–31 | |||||||
Total: | 63–47 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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