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Deb Patterson
US basketball coach & administrator (b.1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Oregon state senator, see Deb Patterson (politician).
Deb Patterson (born August 30, 1957)[1] is currently the director of player personnel and program analytics for the Washington State women's basketball team.[2] Patterson is the former women's basketball program head coach at Kansas State. She was relieved of her coaching duties on March 9, 2014.[3] She is the school's all-time winningest head coach record, with 350 wins.
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Born | (1957-10-30) October 30, 1957 (age 66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1975–1979 | Rockford | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1986 | Hononegah HS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1991 | Northern Illinois (Asst.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Southern Illinois (Asst.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1996 | Vanderbilt (Asst.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | USA Basketball (Asst.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2014 | Kansas State | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | Northern Colorado (Asst.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Washington State (Dir of Player Personnel and Program Analytics.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coaching record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall | 350–226 (.608) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2× Big 12 regular season championships (2003, 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2× Big 12 Coach of the Year (2002, 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A native of Rockford, Illinois, Patterson graduated from Rockford West High School then attended Rockford College, where she was a member of the Rockford College Hall of Fame after playing field hockey from 1975–79. Although she never played basketball in college, she later went on to coach basketball.