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 Darrell Patterson
Darrell Patterson
Position:
Linebackers
Alma Mater:
TCU, 1984
Darrell Patterson begins his first season as Baylor's linebacker coach after spending the 2001 season in the same capacity at Arkansas State. Prior to his one season at Arkansas State, Patterson worked at Kentucky for four years from 1997-2000. He also spent two seasons apiece at as an assistant at Temple (1995-96) and Akron (1992-93). Patterson was an all-state linebacker in high school in Cannonsburg, Pa., before lettering four seasons at TCU (1979-82). His 544 career tackles remains a Horned Frog school record. A sixth-round draft pick of the NFL's New York Giants in 1983, Patterson began a seven-year career in the Canadian Football League by helping Winnipeg to a Grey Cup Championship in 1984. He later played on Hamilton's 1989 Grey Cup runner-up team. Patterson and his wife, the former Julie Cerqueira, have three children, Michael (12), Monika (8) and Meghan (6).