On March 9, 2011, NIU announced that Patton would not return as their head coach for the 2011–12 season, it is unclear whether he resigned or was fired.
He was hired as head coach for the Buffaloes on March 5, 1996, just days before the Big Eight Conference Tournament.
On July 11, 2011 it was announced that Patton joined the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as an assistant coach.
Patton left UMES to become head coach at Central High School in Memphis, Tennessee.
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