Ricardo Patton

Ricardo Patton

Current position
Title	Assistant Coach
Team	University of Denver
Biographical details
Born	(1958-10-23) October 23, 1958
Playing career
1976–1980	Belmont
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1986	Two Rivers MS
1986–1987	Hillwood HS
1988–1990	Middle Tennessee (asst.)
1990–1991	Arkansas-Little Rock (asst.)
1991–1993	Tennessee State (asst.)
1993–1996	Colorado (asst.)
1996–2007	Colorado
2007–2011	Northern Illinois
2011–2012	Maryland Eastern Shore (asst.)
2012–2016	Central HS

Ricardo Maurice Patton (born October 23, 1958) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Northern Illinois University. 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. Prior to this, he was the head coach at the University of Colorado. He was hired as head coach for the Buffaloes on March 5, 1996, just days before the Big Eight Conference Tournament. Patton guided the Buffaloes to six postseason appearances. 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. He became an assistant coach at the University of Denver in March 2016.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Colorado (Big 12) (1996–2007)
1996–97	Colorado	22–10	11–5	2nd	NCAA 2nd Round
1997–98	Colorado	13–14	7–9	T–7th
1998–99	Colorado	18–15	7–9	T–7th	NIT 2nd Round
1999–00	Colorado	18–14	7–9	7th	NIT 1st Round
2000–01	Colorado	15–15	5–11	9th
2001–02	Colorado	15–14	5–11	9th
2002–03	Colorado	20–12	9–7		NCAA 1st Round
2003–04	Colorado	18–11	10–6	4th	NIT 1st Round
2004–05	Colorado	14–16	4–12	11th
2005–06	Colorado	20–10	9–7	5th	NIT 1st Round
2006–07	Colorado	7–20	3–13	12th
Northern Illinois (Mid-American Conference) (2007–present)
2007–08	Northern Illinois	6–22	3–12	11th
2008–09	Northern Illinois	10–19	5–11	T–11th
2009–10	Northern Illinois	10–20	6–10	T–10th
2010–11	Northern Illinois	9–21	5-11	T–10th
Colorado:		184–160 (.535)	77–99
Northern Illinois:		26–61 (.299)	19–44
Total:		210–221 (.499)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Colorado profile