Steve Patton

Steve Patton
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1953-12-27) December 27, 1953 Oneonta, Alabama
Playing career
1973 1974–1976	Alabama Furman
Position(s)	Defensive end
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1979 1982 1983 1984–1986 1993 1995–1996 1997–2010	Furman Grad Asst Alabama Magic (AFA) Carolina Storm (AFA) Mars Hill Charlotte Rage (Arena) North Greenville Gardner–Webb
Head coaching record
Overall	118–86–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 1983 AFA Championship 1985 SAC-8 Championship 2002 Big South Championship 2003 Big South Championship
Awards 1983 AFA Coach of the Year 1985 SAC-8 Coach of the Year 1985 Div II National Coach of Year 2002 Big South Coach of the Year 2003 Big South Coach of the Year

Steve Patton (born December 27, 1953) is the former head coach of the Gardner–Webb University college football team. Patton has over two decades of collegiate coaching experience including fourteen seasons as head coach with GWU. On December 3, 2010, the school announced it would not be renewing the contract of Patton or his staff.^[1]

Playing history

Patton played football at the University of Alabama before transferring to Furman University where he also competed in tennis. He graduated from Furman in 1977.

Coaching history

Before arriving at Gardner–Webb, Patton served as head coach at Mars Hill College and North Greenville University.

Collegiate head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Mars Hill Lions (SAC-8) (1984–1986)
1984	Mars Hill	6–5
1985	Mars Hill	8–3
1986	Mars Hill	7–3–1
Mars Hill:		21–11–1
North Greenville Crusaders (Division II Independent) (1995–1996)
1995	North Greenville	5–6		Independent
1996	North Greenville	7–3		Independent
North Greenville:		12–9
Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (Big South) (1997–Present)
1997	Gardner–Webb	8–3		Independent
1998	Gardner–Webb	6–5		Independent
1999	Gardner–Webb	7–4		Independent
2000	Gardner–Webb	7–4		Independent
2001	Gardner–Webb	6–4		Independent
2002	Gardner–Webb	9–1	3–0	1st
2003	Gardner–Webb	8–4	4–0	1st
2004	Gardner–Webb	5–6	2–2	3rd
2005	Gardner–Webb	5–6	2–2	3rd
2006	Gardner–Webb	6–5	2–2	3rd
2007	Gardner–Webb	5–6	2–2	3rd
2008	Gardner–Webb	5–6	2–3	3rd
2009	Gardner–Webb	6–5	3–3	T-4th
2010	Gardner–Webb	4–7	2–4	T-4th
Gardner–Webb:		87–66	22–18
Total:		118–86–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ Alan Ford (2010-12-02). "Gardner-Webb decides to make a football coaching change". The Shelby (NC) Star.
↑ Final poll standings are from The Sports Network.

Mars Hill Lions head football coaches

Don Henderson (1963–1967) No team (1968) Dal Shealy (1969) Harold Taylor (1970–1972) Claude "Hoot" Gibson (1973–1982) Billy Simmons (1982) Rick Gilstrap (1983–1984) Steve Patton (1985–1987) Felton Stephens (1988–1992) Tim Clifton (1993– )

North Greenville Crusaders head football coaches

Rich Beard (1994) Steve Patton (1995–1996) Scott Parker (1997–1998) Joe Johnson (1999–2001) Brian Smith (2002–2003) Mike Taylor (2004–2008) Jamey Chadwell (2009–2011) Carroll McCray (2012) Jeff Farrington (2013– )

Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs head football coaches

George Litton (1970–1974) Oval Jaynes (1975–1977) Billy Kinard (1978) Tom Moore (1979–1982) Ellis Johnson (1983) Woody Fish (1984–1996) Steve Patton (1997–2010) Ron Dickerson (2011–2012) Carroll McCray (2013– )