John Patrick (born February 29, 1968) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach for MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
_-_MHP_Riesen_Ludwigsburg_StP_8509_by_Stepro.jpg) John Patrick (2019) | |
| MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Basketball Bundesliga |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 29, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.) |
| College | Stanford (1987–1991) |
| NBA draft | 1991: undrafted |
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| Coaching career | 2003–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 2003–2005 | Göttingen |
| 2005–2006 | Toyota Alvark |
| 2006–2011 | Göttingen |
| 2011–2012 | s.Oliver Baskets |
| 2013–2022 | Riesen Ludwigsburg |
| 2022–2024 | Chiba Jets Funabashi |
| 2024–present | Riesen Ludwigsburg |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As coach:
| |
Career
editPatrick attended DeMatha Catholic High School, where he played under coach Morgan Wootten, before moving to Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.[1] He started his college career at Stanford University in 1987.[2] Playing point guard for coach Mike Montgomery, he won the 1991 NIT Championship as a senior. Patrick led Stanford in assists per game in 1989-90 and 1990–91,[3] while making the Pac-10 All-Academic Team his junior and senior year.[4]
Upon graduation, Patrick had a 13-year career as a professional basketball player, mostly representing clubs in Japan and Germany. He had a number of tryouts with NBA team Golden State Warriors, but never made the roster. While sitting out the 1994–95 season with a knee injury, he served as an assistant coach of his team (Japan Energy Griffins), but later returned to the court and split time between playing and coaching in Japan in the following years.[5]
In 2003, Patrick was appointed head coach of BG Göttingen, a second-division team from Germany. He coached the Violets until 2005 and then spent the 2005–06 season as head coach for Toyota Alvark in Japan. After one year, he returned to Göttingen and guided the team to promotion to Germany's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga in 2007. Counting on a fast-paced style of play,[6] Patrick led the team to three Bundesliga playoff appearances in four years and to the 2010 EuroChallenge title,[7] while earning Bundesliga Coach of the Year honors in 2009 and 2010.[8]
He parted company with BG Göttingen at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season to take the reins as head coach at fellow Bundesliga team s.Oliver Würzburg. Patrick led Würzburg to the playoff semifinals in 2011–12, but parted ways with the club at the end of the season.[9]
In January 2013, Patrick was hired as head coach by struggling MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg,[10] but couldn't prevent them from being relegated from the Bundesliga. However, the Ludwigsburg organization was granted a wildcard to remain in the league. Patrick guided the team to playoff berths in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. In the 2017–18 season, Patrick's Ludwigsburg team reached the semi-final stage of the Champions League, where they fell short to Monaco.[11] He was presented with the Best Coach award for the 2017-18 Champions League season.[12] In Bundesliga play, Patrick guided Ludwigsburg to a semifinal appearance, where his team lost to Alba Berlin in May 2018.[13] In the 2018-19 season, Patrick's Ludwigsburg side finished the Bundesliga regular season in tenth place, thus missing the playoffs.[14]
In the 2019–20 season, his Ludwigsburg team had a record of 17 wins and 4 losses, while sitting in second place in the German Bundesliga standings, when play was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.[15] At the Bundesliga finals tournament which was organized in June 2020, he guided Ludwigsburg to its first ever appearance in the Bundesliga finals, where his team took on Alba Berlin, but lost both games. In these two games, Patrick had to replace Marcos Knight due to injury. Knight was later named Bundesliga finals tournament MVP.[16] During the tournament, Patrick's sons Johannes and Jacob were both players on his Ludwigsburg team.[17]
Patrick guided Ludwigsburg to a 30–4 record in the 2020–21 Bundesliga regular season, entering the playoffs as the top seed. He garnered Bundesliga Coach of the Years honours for the third time that season.[18] In the 2021-22 campaign, Patrick and his Ludwigsburg squad won a bronze medal in the Champions League.[19] In Bundesliga play, Patrick coached Ludwigburg to a semifinal appearance in the 2021-22 season.[20] After nine years as head coach of the MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in the German Bundesliga, Patrick left the club on June 8, 2022[21]
On July 6, 2022, Patrick was appointed head coach of the Chiba Jets Funabashi.[22] He guided the Chiba Jets to the 2023 B1 League finals where they fell short to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.[23] During the 2022-23 season, Patrick's team set a league record by winning 24 games in a row.[24] In March 2024, Patrick's Chiba Jets captured the East Asia Super League (EASL) title, remaining undefeated throughout the entire EASL season.[25]
Patrick returned to Ludwigsburg in the summer of 2024.[26]
Head coaching record
edit| Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
| Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Alvark | 2005-06 | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | JBL Champions |
Notes
edit- ^ "Reserve Patrick waits for his shot". The Stanford Daily. 1989-01-13. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "All-Time Numerical Roster (since 1951)". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "Yearly Leaders (REB, AST, BK, ST, MIN)". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "All-Conference Honors". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "Gottingen: A German Cinderella Story". DraftExpress. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ Finken, Jan (2009-01-21). "BG Göttingen: Geplantes Chaos". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "Ludwigsburg out to compete in every game, says coach Patrick". BasketballCL.com. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "Trainer John Patrick verlässt BG nach 8 Jahren". Stadt Göttingen (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "Würzburg Baskets beurlauben John Patrick". mainpost.de (in German). 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg: John Patrick neuer Trainer bei Basketball-Bundesligist Ludwigsburg". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "Niederlage für Ludwigsburger Basketballer: MHP Riesen verpassen Champions-League-Finale". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ "Star Lineup revealed, Kulboka Best Young Player". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
- ^ "MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg scheitern im Halbfinale: Raus mit Applaus bei Alba Berlin". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ^ "Basketball Basketball 2018-2019". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "Tabelle Gesamt". Basketball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ "Berlin feiert erste Meisterschaft seit zwölf Jahren. Ludwigsburg stellt mit Marcos den Turnier-MVP". Basketball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ "Die Patrick-Family bei den Riesen Ludwigsburg". SWR (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ "Awards 2020/21". Basketball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ "Champions League: MHP Ludwigsburg sichert sich gegen Hapoel Holon Rang drei - Justin Simon sticht heraus". Eurosport. 2022-05-08. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ "Berlin im Finale! Ludwigsburg verabschiedet sich aus den Playoffs". Braunschweiger Zeitung (in German). 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "John Patrick verlässt die MHP Riesen". MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ "2022-23 シーズン ヘッドコーチ契約締結（新規）のお知らせ". 千葉ジェッツ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ "B1 League Basketball 2022-2023". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ Odeven, Ed (2023-05-23). "B.League Finals: Chiba Jets and Ryukyu Golden Kings to Vie for Title". SportsLook. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ "EASL Champions Chiba Jets Celebrate a Perfect Season". East Asia Super League. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
- ^ "John Patrick wieder Trainer in Ludwigsburg". Südwestrundfunk (in German). 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-12.