Don Patterson
Don Patterson went 2–5 as a head coach in the games on file: 2008 at Western Illinois (10th season, final 4 games) and 2009 at Western Illinois. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 2–5 games on file
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2009 1–10
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Western Illinois 10th season, final 4 games | 1–3 | ||
| 2009 | Western Illinois coached three of 11 games | 1–2 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference games | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| At home | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| On the road | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
His own seven games on file, 2008–2009, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Sam Houstonseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Southern Illinoisseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Northern Iowaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Stephen F. Austinseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Youngstown Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Coaching tree
Coached under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Casey | Western Illinois, 2008–09: defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.