Patterson Adds To National Honors
12/16/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 16, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU's Gary Patterson has been voted the Walter Camp 2009 Coach of the Year in addition to being named National Coach of the Year by Sporting News.
Patterson has now received four National Coach of the Year honors this season. He was previously named the Maxwell Football Club's 2009 recipient of the George Munger Award. He also captured the Woody Hayes Award.
The Walter Camp Coach of the Year is selected by the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and media relations directors. Patterson is the first Mountain West Conference coach to receive the award.
Patterson and TCU defensive end Jerry Hughes, a first-team Walter Camp All-American for the second straight season, will be honored at the Walter Camp banquet Jan. 16 at Yale University in New Haven, Conn.
Patterson has led the third-ranked Horned Frogs to a 12-0 record and their first BCS appearance, a Jan. 4 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl date with No. 6 Boise State (13-0). TCU has its first undefeated regular season since its 1938 national championship campaign.
The Horned Frogs have just 13 seniors on this year's roster with only six in the starting lineup.
TCU is the only team in the nation to rank in the top 10 in both total offense and defense. The Horned Frogs are No. 1 in defense for the fourth time in the last 10 seasons, allowing just 233.3 yards per game. TCU is fourth in offense at 469.1 yards each contest. The Horned Frogs have set single-season school records for points scored (488) and total offense (5,629 yards).
