Gary Patterson no longer Baylor expert

Dave Wilson, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 2, 2024, 04:36 PM ET

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Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously operated at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.Former TCU head coach Gary Patterson, worked with in February as an expert at Baylor, is no longer in that role, the school stated on Friday.”Baylor Football and Gary Patterson have actually collectively concluded their official collaboration,”the school said in a declaration.” Gary joined us as a senior specialist in February, and he has actually been a significant possession to the team, providing valuable insights and proficiency. We are genuinely grateful for everything he has contributed and wish him all the very best as he starts the next chapter of his storied profession.”Patterson invested the 2022 season as a special assistant at Texas to Steve Sarkisian before stepping away following the season and was not on a personnel in 2023. Patterson told ESPN Central Texas on Friday that he had

been contemplating his function because June, stating he spoke to Aranda, who is taking control of protective play-calling duties this season, about the possibility of moving on.”It’s a bit various scenario than Texas when I was an analyst/consultant there, because the head coach was on the offensive side,” Patterson informed the radio station.” Dave stepping back in to become the protective organizer and doing all that, I just kind of seemed like I ‘d taken them as far as I could take them as far as working with them. So they could go do their thing and I could be out of the way.” Patterson said the relocation wasn’t as sudden as it appeared.”

I sort of idea I was a little bit of distraction when I was at Texas when it got to a particular time– so I sort of felt like that might happen here again,” he said.” I think I informed them everything I could and now they required to go do it. … It’s come to a time where I just seemed like I thought I was doing the best thing for Baylor and for Gary Patterson. “Baylor went 12-2 with a Huge 12 title and a Sugar Bowl win over Ole Miss in 2021, but is 9-16 over the past two seasons. Patterson’s arrival became part of an offseason in which Aranda changed offending coordinator Jeff Grimes with Jake Spavital, himself a previous Texas State head coach.Aranda, who has actually said he studied tapes of Patterson’s defenses as a young coach beginning, saw Patterson as another skilled coach who would take on a function as a senior-level tactical consultant.Patterson, the winningest coach in TCU history, parted ways with the school late in the 2021 season after the Horned Frogs got off to a 3-5 start.For his profession, he was 181-79, consisting of a historical Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin after the 2010 season when the Frogs were still in the Mountain West.While he has actually said for the previous few years

that he still hopes to coach, he stated this is completion of end of speaking with roles for him, though he said he’s always a telephone call away for Baylor.

“I’m not going to go aid anybody else, “Patterson stated.”I have actually been doing this a long time, developed a reputation of doing the best things.”