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David Patrick (basketball)

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David Patrick
Current position
TitleAssociate head coach
TeamLSU
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1976-02-21) 21 February 1976 (age 48)
Hamilton, Bermuda
Playing career
1995–1996Syracuse
1997–2000Southwestern Louisiana/
Louisiana–Lafayette
2000–2001Canberra Cannons
2001–2003Chester Jets
2003–2005Castellion Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2006Nicholls State (assistant)
2006–2010St. Mary's (assistant)
2012–2016LSU (assistant)
2016–2018TCU (assistant)
2018–2020UC Riverside
2020–2021Arkansas (assoc. HC)
2021–2022Oklahoma (assoc. HC)
2022–2024Sacramento State
2024–presentLSU (assoc. HC)
Internationalcareer
2019–2021Australia (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2010–2012Houston Rockets (personnel scout)
Head coaching record
Overall51–80 (.389)

David Patrick (born 21 February 1976) is an Australian college basketball coach who is the associate head coach for the LSU men's basketball team. He is the former head coach of the Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team[1] and the UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team.[2][3] He is the godfather of NBA player Ben Simmons.

Playing career

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Born in Bermuda, and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Patrick arrived stateside in 1994, enrolling at Chapel Trafton High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he was district MVP and First Team All-Parish, while also being selected to play in the Louisiana State High School All-Star Game. In addition, Patrick continued to compete for Australia at the youth national level.[4]

Patrick attended Syracuse for one season where he was part of the Orange's 1996 NCAA tournament Final Four team, before transferring to play his remaining three years of eligibility at Southwestern Louisiana (later Louisiana–Lafayette).[5]

After college, Patrick returned to Australia where he played professionally for one season with the Canberra Cannons of the National Basketball League, and also had stops in England with the Chester Jets, and in Spain with Castellion before taking up coaching.[6]

Coaching career

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College

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Patrick's first stop as an Assistant was at Nicholls State University, where he worked for head coach JP Piper.[7] In 2006 Patrick joined Saint Mary's College During his time at Saint Mary's they made multiple NCAA tournaments, including a 2010 NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. In four seasons at St Mary's the team went 98-35 and compiled 2 NCAA Tournaments and an NIT Quarterfinal berth.[8] In 2012, Patrick joined the staff of LSU under Johnny Jones, where he was pivotal in bringing Ben Simmons, his godson, to the Tigers.[4] During his time at LSU they made the 2014 NIT, and 2015 NCAA Tournament where they eventually lost to North Carolina State 66–65. Patrick spent four seasons at LSU where the team went 80-51 during that span.

After four seasons at LSU, Patrick joined Jamie Dixon's staff at TCU in 2016.[6][9] In 2017 they were NIT Champions for the first time in school history. In 2018 the school reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years.

On 14 March 2018, Patrick was named the head coach at UC Riverside.[9] His inaugural season saw the Highlanders break several program records including 279 three-point shots culminating in a .379 three-point shooting percentage which was the best in the Big West Conference and top 30 (28th) in the nation. In 2019-20 UC Riverside won 17 games which is tied for the most Division 1 wins in school history. They started the season with a 66–47 win at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference[10] The team finished 8th Nationally in Scoring Defense 60.6ppg,[11] and 1st in the Big West. The season was cut short on 10 March, due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. In his two years at UC Riverside, Patrick currently holds the best 2-year start in school history.

On July 1, 2020, Patrick joined the staff of Eric Musselman as the associate head coach at Arkansas.[12]

International

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Patrick was named as an assistant coach in 2019 to the Australian men's national basketball team.[13] The team competed in the 2019 FIBA World Cup, where they made it to the semifinals, eventually finishing 4th. Patrick was also named to the staff of the Australian national team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14] However, he was later replaced by John Rillie due to an Achilles injury.[15][16]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
UC Riverside (Big West) (2018–2020)
2018–19 UC Riverside 10–23 4–12 8th
2019–20 UC Riverside 17–15 7–9 5th
UC Riverside: 27–38 (.415) 11–21 (.344)
Sacramento State (Big Sky) (2022–2024)
2022–23 Sacramento State 14–18 7–11 6th
2023–24 Sacramento State 10–24 4–14 10th
Sacramento State: 24–42 (.364) 11–25 (.306)
Total: 51–80 (.389)

      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

References

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  1. ^ Davidson, Joe (5 April 2022). "It's official: Sacramento State's new men's basketball coach is an Oklahoma assistant". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. ^ "UCR Lands Coveted Division I Coach to Lead Men's Basketball". Inside UCR. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ^ "UC Riverside Names LSU, Texas Christian Assistant David Patrick as Men's Basketball Coach". UC Riverside. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "David Patrick Bio". lsusports.net. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. ^ "David Patrick College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  6. ^ a b "GOFROGS.COM - David Patrick Bio - TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site". gofrogs.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Former Nicholls Assistant David Patrick Hired At LSU". Nicholls State Athletics.
  8. ^ McCauley, Janie. "Down Under in Bay Area". The Spokesman-Review.
  9. ^ a b Stevenson, Stefan (14 March 2018). "TCU assistant leaving for head coaching job, will coach in NCAA Tournament". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  10. ^ "UC Riverside beats Huskers 66-47 to spoil Hoiberg's debut". USA Today.
  11. ^ https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/146
  12. ^ Wilkerson, Curtis (1 July 2020). "David Patrick new Arkansas basketball assistant coach". 247 Sports. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  13. ^ "David Patrick Named to Australian National Team Coaching Staff". UC Riverside Athletics. 24 April 2019.
  14. ^ "David Patrick Named To Australia Men's Basketball National Team Staff". University of Arkansas Athletics. 2 February 2021.
  15. ^ TOKYO 2020: Meet our amazing local Olympians
  16. ^ UC Olympians on a quest for gold at the Tokyo Summer Games
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