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ESPN DFW: Why Gary Patterson is considered No. 1
By Jeff Caplan
It was quite a week for TCU Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson and his team hasn't even played a game. TCU athletic director Chris del Conte is never shy about touting his coach as the best in America. Well, now he has company.
In an ESPN The Magazine poll of 55 college coaches, Patterson was voted as the No. 1 coach in the country. A few days later Sports Illustrated crowned Patterson as tops in his profession.
Obviously, results on the field -- 36-3 since 2008, two BCS appearances and a Rose Bowl victory -- serve as the catalyst. Driving those victories has been Patterson and his staff's consistent ability to develop talent, often plucking a lightly recruited player out of high school, switching him to a new position -- even on the other side of the line of scrimmage -- and transforming him into the kind of disciplined, dynamic college player that greatly interests NFL teams. ...
By Jeff Caplan
It was quite a week for TCU Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson and his team hasn't even played a game. TCU athletic director Chris del Conte is never shy about touting his coach as the best in America. Well, now he has company.
In an ESPN The Magazine poll of 55 college coaches, Patterson was voted as the No. 1 coach in the country. A few days later Sports Illustrated crowned Patterson as tops in his profession.
Obviously, results on the field -- 36-3 since 2008, two BCS appearances and a Rose Bowl victory -- serve as the catalyst. Driving those victories has been Patterson and his staff's consistent ability to develop talent, often plucking a lightly recruited player out of high school, switching him to a new position -- even on the other side of the line of scrimmage -- and transforming him into the kind of disciplined, dynamic college player that greatly interests NFL teams. ...
