| Jimmy Patsos | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Loyola (MD) | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Team record | 58-62 (.483) | |
| Place of birth | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1986–1989 | Catholic | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1989–1991 1991–2004 2004–present |
Archbishop Carroll HS (asst.) Maryland (asst.) Loyola (MD) |
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Jimmy Patsos is the head men's basketball coach at Loyola College in Maryland.
Patsos earned his B.A. from Catholic University in 1989. There he played basketball under Jack Bruen, who later coached Colgate University to a couple of NCAA tournament appearances in the 1990s. He has become well-known for his unorthodox style.[1]
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Career
Patsos served as an assistant coach to Gary Williams at the University of Maryland for 13 years. Patsos took over at Loyola after they suffered a 1-27 season under former coach Scott Hicks.
Patsos was the 20th head coach of Loyola men's basketball. In his first season as coach in 2004, he guided them to a 6-22 record. In his second season, they reached 15-13, the first time they had a winning record since the 1993-94 season, the year they reached the NCAA Tournament under Skip Prosser.
He then guided the Greyhounds to consecutive 3rd place MAAC finishes, finishing with 18 wins in 2006-07 and a tied a school record with 19 wins in 2007-08.
Patsos has sought local talent in his coaching staff. Former players from Maryland, Terrell Stokes and Matt Kovarik are current or former assistants at Loyola.[2]
Patsos received a contract extension from Loyola on July 9, 2008. Per Loyola policies, details of the contract were not released.[3]
On November 25, 2008, Patsos and the Greyhounds double-teamed Davidson All-American Stephen Curry for the entire game, leaving his other three players to face the 24th ranked Wildcats in a four on three game. Davidson won by 30, while Curry stood in the corner during most possessions. Commenting afterwords, Patsos said: "We had to play against an NBA player tonight. Anybody else ever hold him scoreless? I'm a history major. They're going to remember that we held him scoreless or we lost by 30? I know the fans are mad at me, but I had to roll the dice as far as a coach goes. I'm not some rookie coach," said Patsos, a former longtime assistant at Maryland. "I won a national title as a top assistant coach to Gary Williams. For 13 years I spent on Tobacco Road. I coached a couple of No. 1 picks in the draft. And we scored 48 points. That's the problem that Loyola basketball had today." [4]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Loyola (MD) (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2004–present) | |||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Loyola (MD) | 6-22 | 5-13 | 9th | |||||
| 2005–2006 | Loyola (MD) | 15-13 | 8-10 | 6th | |||||
| 2006–2007 | Loyola (MD) | 18-13 | 12-6 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2007–2008 | Loyola (MD) | 19-14 | 12-6 | T-3rd | |||||
| Loyola (MD): | 58-62 | 37-35 | |||||||
| Total: | 58-62 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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Controversies
On November 19, 2008 Jimmy Patsos became one of the only coaches ever to coach from the stands during his teams game in an attempt to avoid being ejected by the referees[5]
On November 25, 2008 Patsos was roundly criticized for appearing to prefer holding Davidson player Stephen Curry scoreless over winning the basketball game by double-teaming Curry while he stood in the corner while Davidson played 4 on 3 against the remaing players[6]. In his post-game press-conference, Patsos justified his strategy by stating that “We had to play against an NBA player tonight. Anybody else ever hold him scoreless? I’m a history major. They’re going to remember that we held him scoreless or we lost by 30?”
References
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Loyola coach Jim Patsos discusses state of Baltimore hoops
Loyola coach Jim Patsos discusses his Greyhounds and the state of Baltimore basketball on WNST.net.
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Added: October 13, 2008
Loyola coach Jim Patsos previews the upcoming season at WNST
Loyola men's hoops coach Jimmy Patsos talks Greyhounds hoops with WNST.net
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Added: October 13, 2008
Loyola women's coach Joe Logan previews the season on WNST
Loyola of Maryland college women's hoops coach Joe Logan previews the season on WNST.net
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Added: October 13, 2008
Loyola coach Jim Patsos chats with Haynie and Long at WNST
Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball coach Jim Patsos chats with Rob Long and Bob Haynie of WNST about the upcoming season.
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Keywords: WNST Baltimore Jim Patsos Greyhound sports Long Haynie Aparicio basketball Towson UMBC Loyola Morgan Maryland terps
Added: October 10, 2008