James John Patsos (born October 1, 1966) is an American sports commentator and former college basketball coach.

[1] He currently serves as the color commentator for Towson and George Washington men's basketball games.

There, he played basketball under Jack Bruen, who later coached Colgate University to a couple of NCAA tournament appearances in the 1990s.

Patsos served on the coaching staff of Gary Williams at the University of Maryland for 13 years, beginning as a volunteer assistant in 1991.

On Dec. 22, 2009 a Patsos led Loyola team recorded the greatest regular season win in program history by defeating the Indiana Hoosiers 72–67.

Senior guard Brett Harvey led the Hounds back scoring 9 points in the final 3 minutes.

[7] After nine seasons at Loyola, Patsos agreed to replace Mitch Buonaguro in a similar capacity at Siena on April 2, 2013.

On April 13, 2018 Patsos resigned from Siena after 5 years with a 77-92 career record after the college opened an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior in the program.

[11] In his post-game press-conference, Patsos justified his strategy by stating that "We had to play against an NBA player tonight.

On January 17, 2017 after a brawl in a game vs Rider, the Broncs and their head coach decided not to shake hands with Patsos and his team.

In response Patsos walked down the line where he would've shaken the Rider team and staffs and, decided to air shake their hands.

[12] In response, Patsos received a reprimand from the NCAA, along with the Rider Basketball Coach, Kevin Bagget.