Ricardo Patton
Ricardo Patton (born October 23, 1958)
Teams coached: Colorado Buffaloes, Northern Illinois Huskies
Colorado record: 184-160 (.535)
Northern Illinois record: 35-83 (.297)
Overall record: 219-243 (.474)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1997, 2003)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 4 (1999, 2000, 2004, 2006)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2019-2020 | Vanderbilt (special advisor) |
2016-2019 | Denver (asst) |
2011-2012 | Maryland Eastern Shore (asst) |
2007-2011 | Northern Illinois |
1996-2007 | Colorado |
1993-1996 | Colorado (asst) |
1991-1993 | Tennessee State (asst) |
1990-1991 | Arkansas-Little Rock (asst) |
1988-1990 | Middle Tennessee (asst) |
Ricardo Patton Facts
- Ricardo Maurice Patton
- Born October 23, 1958
- Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
- Alma Mater: Belmont University (BA, 1980) / Trevecca Nazarene University (MA, 1989)
- Graduated from Hume Fogg HS (TN) before going on to play at Belmont, also in his hometown of Nashville
- During his time with the Bruins, Patton played for head coaches Dick Campbell and Don Purdy
- Started his coaching career in Nashville, working at Two Rivers Middle (1985-86) and Hillwood HS (1986-87)
- Moved up to the college ranks in 1988, joining Bruce Stewart’s staff at Middle Tennessee State
- Spent one year assisting Jim Platt at Arkansas-Little Rock and two years on Frankie Allen‘s staff at Tennessee State
- First arrived at Colorado in 1993, spending the next two and a half seasons assisting Joe Harrington
- Took over as the Buffs’ head coach for the last 13 games of the 1995-96 and was hired on permanently in March
- Went 184-160 during his tenure at the helm, going to two NCAA Tournaments and four NITs
- Won 20+ games in three of the eleven full seasons he was the head coach
- Announced in October 2006 that he would not seek a contract extension following the ’06-’07 season
- Took over as the head coach at Northern Illinois in 2007, leading the Huskies for four seasons
- Was just 35-83 during that tenure, failing to win more than 10 games in any season
- Spent the 2011-12 season on Allen’s staff at Maryland-Eastern Shore
- Returned to Tennessee to spend four years as the head boys’ coach at Central HS in Memphis
- Joined Rodney Billups‘ staff at Denver in 2016, working as an assistant with the Pioneers for three seasons
- Patton had coached Billups’ brother, Chauncey, for a season and a half at Colorado
- Spent the 2019-20 season as special advisor to head coach Jerry Stackhouse at Vanderbilt
Ricardo Patton Coaching Tree
- Chauncey Billups (Portland Trail Blazers)
- Kent Dernbach (Wisconsin Stevens Point, Wisconsin La Crosse)
- Terry Dunn (Dartmouth)
- Dennis Gates (Missouri, Cleveland State)
- Paul Graham (Georgia State)
- Jeff Linder (Wyoming, Northern Colorado)
- Jamahl Mosley (Orlando Magic)
- Aki Thomas (UMBC)
- Sundance Wicks (Wyoming, Green Bay, Missouri Western)