Matt Patricia
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Matt Patricia | |
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Date of birth | September 13, 1974 |
Place of birth | Sherrill, New York |
Position(s) | Linebackers Coach |
College | RPI |
Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
1996 1999-2000 2001-2003 2004 2005 2006-present |
RPI (Graduate Assistant) Amherst College (Defensive Line Coach) Syracuse (Offensive Graduate Assistant) New England Patriots (Offensive Coaching Assistant) New England Patriots (Assistant Offensive Line Coach) New England Patriots (Linebackers Coach) |
Matt Patricia (born September 13, 1974 in Sherrill, New York) is the American football linebackers coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.
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[edit] Playing career
Patricia attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he played football as an offensive lineman from 1992 to 1996.
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] College
Patricia began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, RPI, in 1996. He spent the next two seasons out of football before returning as the defensive line coach for Amherst College from 1999 to 2000. In 2001, he moved to Syracuse University as an offensive graduate assistant for the team, a position he held for three seasons.
[edit] NFL
Patricia joined the Patriots as an offensive coaching assistant in 2004. In 2005, upon the departure of assistant offensive line/tight ends coach Jeff Davidson, Patricia was re-assigned as the Patriots' assistant offensive line coach. Then-linebackers coach Dean Pees was promoted to defensive coordinator after the season, promoting another re-assignment for Patricia, this time to linebackers coach for the 2006 season.