Deb Patterson

Deb Patterson
Sport(s)	Women's college basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Kansas State Wildcats
Playing career
1975-79	Rockford College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982-86 1986-91 1991-92 1992-96 1997-98 1996-current	Hononegah H.S. Northern Illinois (Asst.) Southern Illinois (Asst.) Vanderbilt (Asst.) USA Basketball (Asst.) Kansas State
Head coaching record
Overall	299-173 (.633)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big 12 Regular Season Champions 2003, 2008
Awards
Big 12 Coach of the Year 2002, 2008

Deb Patterson is the current head women's basketball coach at Kansas State. She is the all-time winningest coach in school history. On December 20, 2008 she won her 250th career game.^[1]

Patterson graduated from Rockford College, where she was a two-time student-athlete and a President's Scholar in 1979. She is a member of the Rockford College Field Hockey Alumni team after playing field hockey from 1975-79. Although she never played basketball, she decided to try coaching after Rockford.

In the 2005 season, she led the Wildcats to a WNIT championship win. Their 24-10 team marked the fifth consecutive 20 win season under coach Patterson. The 2004 team went 24-8 including 12-4 in the conference, and finished 16th in the nation, by the AP poll. Over the last five years her teams have gone 70-10 on their home court, despite off-court turmoil involving the emotional abuse of many players and assistant coaches as reported by the Kansas City Star in October 2008.

In 2008, Patterson led the Wildcats to a Big 12 Conference Regular season championship, after finishing in last place in 2007. Her worst to first accomplishment earned her the Big 12 coach of the year award. The Wildcats went on to lose their first game in the 2008 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament against Iowa State, 66-65 in Overtime.

In the last five seasons the Wildcats have ranked in the Top 15 nationally in total attendance under her tenure. The Top ten crowds in school history have all occurred during her tenure. In the 2002 season, her team went 29-5, establishing school records for wins and winning perentage. At one point Kansas State was ranked 2nd in the nation, which was the highest ranking in school history. She also served as an assistant coach at Vanderbilt, and Southern Illinois.^[2]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Kansas State Wildcats (Big 12 Conference) (1996–present)
1996–97	Kansas State	19-12	9-7	T-5th	NCAA First Round
1997–98	Kansas State	11-17	4-12	T-9th
1998–99	Kansas State	16-14	7-9	8th	WNIT Second Round
1999–00	Kansas State	13-17	6-10	8th
2000–01	Kansas State	12-16	2-14	T-11th
2001–02	Kansas State	26-8	11-5	T-3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2002–03	Kansas State	29–5	14-2	2nd	NCAA Second Round
2003–04	Kansas State	25–6	14-2	1st	NCAA Second Round
2004–05	Kansas State	24–8	12-4	3rd	NCAA Second Round
2005–06	Kansas State	24-10	8-8	T-6th	WNIT Champions
2006–07	Kansas State	19-15	4-12	T-11th	WNIT Final Four
2007–08	Kansas State	22-10	13-3	1st	NCAA Second Round
2008–09	Kansas State	25-8	10-6	5th	NCAA Second Round
2009–10	Kansas State	14-18	5-11	T-8th	–
2010–11	Kansas State	21-11	10-6	T-3rd	NCAA First Round
Kansas State:		300-175 (.632)	129-111 (.538)
Total:		300-175 (.632)
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

References

1. ^ Career coaching fact
2. ^ Official K-State Bio

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