Ricardo Patton

Ricardo Maurice Patton (born October 23, 1958) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as senior advisor to the head men's basketball coach at Vanderbilt 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.

Ricardo Patton

Biographical details
Born	(1958-10-23) October 23, 1958 (age 66)
Playing career
1976–1980	Belmont
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1986	Two Rivers MS
1986–1987	Hillwood HS
1988–1990	Middle Tennessee (assistant)
1990–1991	Arkansas–Little Rock (assistant)
1991–1993	Tennessee State (assistant)
1993–1996	Colorado (assistant)
1996–2007	Colorado
2007–2011	Northern Illinois
2011–2012	Maryland Eastern Shore (assistant)
2012–2016	Central HS
2016–2019	Denver (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2019–2020	Vanderbilt (senior advisor)
Head coaching record
Overall	219–243 (college)
Tournaments	1–2 (NCAA Division I) 1–3 (NIT)

Patton left UMES to become head coach at Central High School in Memphis, Tennessee.^[1] He became an assistant coach at the University of Denver in March 2016.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Colorado Buffaloes (Big Eight Conference) (1996)
1995–96	Colorado	4–9	3–8	8th
Colorado Buffaloes (Big 12 Conference) (1996–2007)
1996–97	Colorado	22–10	11–5	2nd	NCAA Division I second round
1997–98	Colorado	13–14	7–9	T–7th
1998–99	Colorado	18–15	7–9	T–7th	NIT second round
1999–00	Colorado	18–14	7–9	7th	NIT first round
2000–01	Colorado	15–15	5–11	9th
2001–02	Colorado	15–14	5–11	9th
2002–03	Colorado	20–12	9–7	T–5th	NCAA Division I first round
2003–04	Colorado	18–11	10–6	4th	NIT first round
2004–05	Colorado	14–16	4–12	11th
2005–06	Colorado	20–10	9–7	5th	NIT first round
2006–07	Colorado	7–20	3–13	12th
Colorado:		184–160 (.535)	80–107 (.428)
Northern Illinois Huskies (Mid-American Conference) (2007–2011)
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
Northern Illinois:		35–83 (.297)	19–44 (.302)
Total:		219–243 (.474)