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.
Patterson announced his retirement on January 8, 2016, after 37 years of college coaching.
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