Gary Allen Patterson (born February 13, 1960) is an American college football coach and former player.

His 2010 squad finished the season undefeated at 13–0 after a 21–19 Rose Bowl victory over the Wisconsin Badgers on New Year's Day 2011, and ranked second in the final tallying of both major polls.

He received his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1983 from Kansas State University, where he became a member of the Acacia fraternity.

Outside of coaching, Patterson plays guitar and performs at charity events around the Dallas-Fort Worth area during the off-season.

Patterson was a 2000 finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.

[7][dead link‍] Patterson won his 110th game at TCU with a 56–0 victory over Grambling, passing Dutch Meyer as the winningest coach in program history.

Under Patterson, the Horned Frogs earned a spot in the year-end top 25 ten times, counting his partial season as head coach in 2000.

Over the course of the 2005 and 2006 seasons, the Frogs won four consecutive games against Big 12 Conference opponents, with three of the victories coming on the road.

[5] In January 2007, Patterson turned down a head coaching offer from the University of Minnesota worth over $2 million per year.

[9] Patterson led the 2009 Horned Frogs to a perfect 12–0 regular season record, a Mountain West Conference championship, a No.

However, any chance of the Horned Frogs playing for the national championship ended on the final day of the season, when Cincinnati defeated Pitt.

TCU received the first Rose Bowl invitation offered to a team from a non-automatic qualifying conference during the BCS era.

The Horned Frogs won the 2011 Rose Bowl, 21–19, over Wisconsin to cap off only the second undefeated and untied season in school history.

He was also named the Big 12 Chuck Neinas Coach of the Year,[6] his 4th such award in 3 different conferences, all earned while at TCU.

In August 2016, TCU announced Patterson's contract had been extended through 2022, with an annual base salary of $4.75 million.

TCU bounced back by beating Texas Tech 27–3 in which Kenny Hill didn't play.

Patterson served as an off-field analyst at the University of Texas for the 2022 season, working with head coach Steve Sarkisian.

Through grants, scholarships and collaboration with other area non-profit organizations, the foundation's primary goal is to provide equitable educational opportunities for all children.