John Patrick (basketball)

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| position = Head coach

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|02|29}}

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| nationality = American

| high_school = Sidwell Friends
(Washington, D.C.)

| college = Stanford (1987–1991)

| draft_year = 1991

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| career_position = Point guard / shooting guard

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| cyears1 = 2003–2005

| cteam1 = Göttingen

| cyears2 = 2005–2006

| cteam2 = Toyota Alvark

| cyears3 = 2006–2011

| cteam3 = Göttingen

| cyears4 = 2011–2012

| cteam4 = s.Oliver Baskets

| cyears5 = 2013–2022

| cteam5 = Riesen Ludwigsburg

| cyears6 = 2022–2024

| cteam6 = Chiba Jets Funabashi

| cyears7 = 2024–2025

| cteam7 = Riesen Ludwigsburg

| highlights = As coach:

EASL champion (2024)
FIBA EuroChallenge champion (2010)
3× German Bundesliga Coach of the Year (2009, 2010, 2021)
Basketball Champions League Best Coach (2018)
JBL Super League champion (2006)

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John Patrick (born February 29, 1968) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player. Most recently, he served as head coach for MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the German Basketball Bundesliga.

Career

Patrick attended DeMatha Catholic High School, where he played under coach Morgan Wootten, before moving to Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web |date=1989-01-13 |title=Reserve Patrick waits for his shot |url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19890113-01.2.42&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2017-02-15 |website=The Stanford Daily}} He started his college career at Stanford University in 1987.{{Cite web |title=All-Time Numerical Roster (since 1951) |url=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/2014/9/3/209633417.aspx |access-date=2017-02-15 |website=Stanford Athletics |language=en}} 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,{{Cite web |title=Yearly Leaders (REB, AST, BK, ST, MIN) |url=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/2014/9/28/209683932.aspx |access-date=2017-02-15 |website=Stanford Athletics |language=en}} while making the Pac-10 All-Academic Team his junior and senior year.{{Cite web |title=All-Conference Honors |url=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/2014/9/3/209634181.aspx |access-date=2017-02-15 |website=Stanford Athletics |language=en}}

Upon graduation, Patrick had a 8-year career as a professional basketball player, mostly representing clubs in Japan and Germany. He had a tryout 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.{{Cite web |title=Gottingen: A German Cinderella Story |url=http://www.draftexpress.com/article/Gottingen-A-German-Cinderella-Story-3203/ |access-date=2017-02-15 |website=DraftExpress}}

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,{{Cite news |last1=Finken |first1=Jan |last2= |date=2009-01-21 |title=BG Göttingen: Geplantes Chaos |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/bg-goettingen-geplantes-chaos-1755381.html |access-date=2017-02-15 |newspaper=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |issn=0174-4909}} Patrick led the team to three Bundesliga playoff appearances in four years and to the 2010 EuroChallenge title,{{Cite web|url=http://www.basketballcl.com/16-17/news/ludwigsburg-out-to-compete-in-every-game-says-coach-patrick|title=Ludwigsburg out to compete in every game, says coach Patrick|website=BasketballCL.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-15}} while earning Bundesliga Coach of the Year honors in 2009 and 2010.{{Cite web |title=Trainer John Patrick verlässt BG nach 8 Jahren |url=https://www.goettingen.de/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=7321&menuid=1 |access-date=2017-02-15 |website=Stadt Göttingen |language=de}}

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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mainpost.de/sport/wuerzburg/Basketball-Trainer-und-Trainerinnen-Wuerzburg-Baskets-beurlauben-John-Patrick;art786,6820532|title=Würzburg Baskets beurlauben John Patrick|date=2012-06-01|newspaper=mainpost.de|access-date=2017-02-15|language=de-DE}}

In January 2013, Patrick was hired as head coach by struggling MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg,{{Cite news|url=http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.neckar-riesen-ludwigsburg-john-patrick-neuer-trainer-bei-basketball-bundesligist-ludwigsburg.228ffbda-2ae5-495a-864c-38cb2971446a.html|title=Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg: John Patrick neuer Trainer bei Basketball-Bundesligist Ludwigsburg|work=Stuttgarter Zeitung|access-date=2017-02-15|language=de-DE}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.niederlage-fuer-ludwigsburger-basketballer-mhp-riesen-verpassen-champions-league-finale.6f780e14-4186-4a08-b742-e3aca2690252.html|title=Niederlage für Ludwigsburger Basketballer: MHP Riesen verpassen Champions-League-Finale|work=Stuttgarter Zeitung|access-date=2018-05-04|language=de-DE}} He was presented with the Best Coach award for the 2017-18 Champions League season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.championsleague.basketball/17-18/news/star-lineup-revealed-kulboka-best-young-player|title=Star Lineup revealed, Kulboka Best Young Player|website=FIBA.basketball|language=en|access-date=2018-05-07}} In Bundesliga play, Patrick guided Ludwigsburg to a semifinal appearance, where his team lost to Alba Berlin in May 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.mhp-riesen-ludwigsburg-scheitern-im-halbfinale-raus-mit-applaus-bei-alba-berlin.77d4ce6d-e471-4d34-9e67-bcd08e482d99.html|title=MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg scheitern im Halbfinale: Raus mit Applaus bei Alba Berlin|work=Stuttgarter Zeitung|access-date=2018-05-30|language=de-DE}} In the 2018-19 season, Patrick's Ludwigsburg side finished the Bundesliga regular season in tenth place, thus missing the playoffs.{{Cite web |title=Basketball Basketball 2018-2019 |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2018-2019.aspx |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.eurobasket.com}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Tabelle Gesamt |url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/saison/tabelle/gesamt/ |access-date=2020-06-28 |website=Basketball-Bundesliga |language=de}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Berlin feiert erste Meisterschaft seit zwölf Jahren. Ludwigsburg stellt mit Marcos den Turnier-MVP |url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2019-2020/nachbericht/2020-06-28-lud-ber/ |access-date=2020-06-28 |website=Basketball-Bundesliga |language=de}} During the tournament, Patrick's sons Johannes and Jacob were both players on his Ludwigsburg team.{{Cite web |title=Die Patrick-Family bei den Riesen Ludwigsburg |url=https://www.swr.de/sport/mehr-sport/basketball/mhp-riesen-ludwigsburg/patrick-family-100.html |access-date=2020-06-28 |website=SWR |language=de}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Awards 2020/21 |url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2021/mai/awards-2020-21/ |access-date=2021-05-19 |website=Basketball-Bundesliga |language=de}} In the 2021-22 campaign, Patrick and his Ludwigsburg squad won a bronze medal in the Champions League.{{cite web|title=Champions League: MHP Ludwigsburg sichert sich gegen Hapoel Holon Rang drei - Justin Simon sticht heraus|periodical=Eurosport|publisher=|url=https://www.eurosport.de/basketball/basketball-champions-league/2021-2022/mhp-ludwigsburg-sichert-sich-gegen-hapoel-holon-rang-drei-justin-simon-sticht-heraus_sto8917195/story.shtml|url-status=|access-date=2022-05-09|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2022-05-08|language=|pages=|quote=}} In Bundesliga play, Patrick coached Ludwigburg to a semifinal appearance in the 2021-22 season.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-03 |title=Berlin im Finale! Ludwigsburg verabschiedet sich aus den Playoffs. |url=https://www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de/wirtschaft/presseportal/article235529889/Berlin-im-Finale-Ludwigsburg-verabschiedet-sich-aus-den-Playoffs.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Braunschweiger Zeitung |language=de}} After nine years as head coach of the MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in the German Bundesliga, Patrick left the club on June 8, 2022{{Cite web |title=John Patrick verlässt die MHP Riesen |url=https://mhp-riesen-ludwigsburg.de/news/john-patrick-verlaesst-die-mhp-riesen/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg |language=de}}

On July 6, 2022, Patrick was appointed head coach of the Chiba Jets Funabashi.{{Cite web |title=2022-23 シーズンヘッドコーチ契約締結（新規）のお知らせ |url=https://chibajets.jp/news/detail/id=20862 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=千葉ジェッツ |language=ja}} He guided the Chiba Jets to the 2023 B1 League finals where they fell short to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.{{Cite web |title=B1 League Basketball 2022-2023 |url=https://www.asia-basket.com/Japan/b1-league_2022-2023.aspx |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.asia-basket.com}} During the 2022-23 season, Patrick's team set a league record by winning 24 games in a row.{{Cite web |last=Odeven |first=Ed |date=2023-05-23 |title=B.League Finals: Chiba Jets and Ryukyu Golden Kings to Vie for Title |url=https://featured.japan-forward.com/sportslook/b-league-finals-chiba-jets-and-ryukyu-golden-kings-to-vie-for-title/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=SportsLook |language=en}} In March 2024, Patrick's Chiba Jets captured the East Asia Super League (EASL) title, remaining undefeated throughout the entire EASL season.{{Cite web |title=EASL Champions Chiba Jets Celebrate a Perfect Season |url=https://www.easl.basketball/news/2024-easl-champions-chiba-jets-celebrate-a-perfect-season |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=East Asia Super League |language=en}}

Patrick returned to Ludwigsburg in the summer of 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-12 |title=John Patrick wieder Trainer in Ludwigsburg |url=https://www.swr.de/sport/mehr-sport/basketball/mhp-riesen-ludwigsburg/john-patrick-kehrt-zu-den-mhp-riesen-ludwigsburg-zurueck-100.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Südwestrundfunk |language=de}} In the FIBA Europe Cup, he guided the team to a quarterfinal appearance in the 2024-25 season.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-12 |title=Basket - Fiba Europe Cup. La JDA Dijon l’emporte à Ludwigsbourg et rejoint le carré final |url=https://www.bienpublic.com/sport/2025/03/12/la-jda-dijon-l-emporte-a-ludwigsbourg-et-rejoint-les-demi-finales |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Le Bien Public |language=FR}} He parted ways with Ludwigsburg on March 26, 2025 after a poor run of results (five losses in a row). The team was sitting in 10th place of the Bundesliga standings when Patrick's tenure came to a close.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-26 |title="Ära wesentlich mitbestimmt" - John Patrick ist nicht mehr Coach der Riesen Ludwigsburg |url=https://www.swr.de/sport/mehr-sport/basketball/mhp-riesen-ludwigsburg/riesen-ludwigsburg-john-patrick-nicht-mehr-trainer-100.html |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Südwestrundfunk |language=de}}