Peter Patton (basketball)

Peter Patton
Chicago Bulls
PositionDirector of Player Development
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born1973 (age 50–51)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High schoolLoyola Academy (Wilmette, Illinois)
CollegeDePaul (1992–1996)
NBA draft1996: undrafted
Playing career1996–1999
PositionGuard
Coaching career2016–present
Career history
As player:
1996Carolina Cardinals
1996–1997Dakota Wizards
1997–1998Magic City Snowbears
1998–1999Kandid Olimpija Osijek
As coach:
2016–2018Minnesota Timberwolves (shooting)
2018–2023Dallas Mavericks (shooting)
2023–presentChicago Bulls (player development)
Career highlights and awards
  • All-IBA Second Team (1997)

Peter Patton (born 1973) is an American basketball coach and administrator as well as a former basketball player. He is currently the Director of Player Development for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously been a shooting coach in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks.

He played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons before playing in the International Basketball Association and Croatia. He set the DePaul single-season three-point shooting percentage record. In high school, he was a highly-touted multisport athlete who as a quarterback/punter was the Chicago Catholic League co-MVP in football after leading his high school football team to the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) semi-finals twice. He also played high school baseball and basketball.

Early life

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Patton states that he attended basketball camps from an early age. He attended a camp by Ray Meyer in Wisconsin as a sixth grader, earning the nickname General Patton.[1] Meyer was the father of Joey Meyer who succeeded him as DePaul head coach.[2] Patton also claims to have attended basketball camps at the University of Indiana from sixth grade through his high school freshman year.[3]

High school career

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Patton attended Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois. He played basketball, football and baseball at Loyola in the Chicago Catholic League.[4] He was a gridiron football quarterback, basketball guard and baseball pitcher-first baseman who was regarded as one of the best three-sport athletes of his day in the Chicago metropolitan area.[5]

As a sophomore he was the starting quarterback, point guard and pitcher for Loyola.[6] As a junior, he led Loyola to the IHSA 1990 Class 6A football semi-finals where they lost to Thornton Township High School.[7] After the season, he was mentioned as one of the three best football prospects (along with Chris Piggott and Bryan Jurewicz) in the Chicago area.[8] In basketball, Loyola (18–10) lost in the IHSA 1991 Class AA basketball sectional round to DePaul College Prep (known as Gordon Tech), whose star was future DePaul teammate Tom Kleinschmidt.[9][10]

As a senior, Patton led an undefeated Loyola team to the IHSA 1991 Class 6A state football semi-finals to lose to Glenbard North High School.[11] Patton, who also served as punter, was Chicago Catholic League co-MVP.[12] That November, Chicago Sun-Times journalist Taylor Bell described Patton as "one of the best three-sport athletes produced in Illinois since Dike Eddleman created his legend in Centralia 50 years ago".[13] Loyola (16–10) lost in the 1992 IHSA basketball sectional semi-finals.[14]

The only football recruiting visit that Patton made was to Indiana because recruiters were unsure which sport he would choose.[15] By early March 1992, he chose basketball over football.[16] In late March 1992, Patton verbally committed to DePaul for basketball over athletic scholarship offers from Northern Illinois and Evansville and an opportunity to be a preferred walk-on at Illinois.[17] On April 15, 1992, Patton signed his National Letter of Intent with DePaul.[18] Patton would have been likely in the playing rotation at either Evansville or Northern as a freshman. In fact, if he had met the admissions standards at Northwestern, he would have been in the rotation there as well, but he did not meet the standards.[19] Patton had dreamt of playing for Indiana, but in the end they ranked Patton below Malcolm Sims.[3] At DePaul, Patton was expected to perform as a backup to Howard Nathan and bolster DePaul at the point guard position where they were lacking depth alongside shooting guard/small forward Kleinschmidt.[20] As a senior, his multi-sport star status put him in the conversation along with the likes of Dani Tyler and Chris Collins for Chicago Tribune athlete of the year recognition.[21]

College career

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On September 3, 1992, DePaul announced that Nathan was "dismissed for academic reasons". Nathan had started eight games as a freshman, led the team in steals and placed second all-time among DePaul freshmen in assists and steals.[22] Head coach Joey Meyer was evaluating Patton and Brandon Cole as his potential starting point guards.[1] On the eve of opening night it was not clear who would start.[23] After the first few games, Patton was described as "a semi-starter" by Sun-Times writer Toni Ginnetti.[24]

Patton played four seasons of college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons between 1992 and 1996.[25] He never missed a game in college and set the DePaul single-season three-point percentage record as a junior (54.1%), a mark that still stood as of 2016.[26]

Playing career

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In 1996, Patton had a two-game stint with the Carolina Cardinals of the United States Basketball League (USBL). He went on to play 30 games in the International Basketball Association (IBA) for the Dakota Wizards during the 1996–97 season,[27] where he earned All-IBA Second Team honors.[28] In 1997–98, he played 34 games in the IBA for the Magic City Snowbears.[27]

For the 1998–99 season, Patton played in Croatia for Kandid Olimpija Osijek. He averaged 7.3 points and 2.5 assists before he was waived in January 1999.[28]

Coaching career

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In 2016, Patton joined the Minnesota Timberwolves coaching staff as a shooting coach.[26] Between 2018 and 2023, Patton served as shooting coach of the Dallas Mavericks.[29] In 2023, the Chicago Bulls hired Patton as the Director of Player Development.[30]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Jauss, Bill (November 22, 1992). "'Gen. Patton' on the march: [NORTH SPORTS FINAL, C Edition]". Chicago Tribune. p. 11. ProQuest 283375741. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "DePaul's 55-Year Family Affair Ends: Joey Meyer, Son of Ray, Is Forced Out: [Home Edition]". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 1997. p. 9. ProQuest 421111452. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Montieth, Mark (December 24, 1995). "Patton has 5-star effort against IU". Indianapolis Star. p. C.4. ProQuest 240159136. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Temkin, Barry. "Intangibles Make Patton A 3-sport Star". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  5. ^ Hymon, Steve (May 12, 1991). "3-sport champs? Not yet: [FINAL EDITION, C]". Chicago Tribune. p. 15. ProQuest 283103240. Retrieved February 22, 2024. Every era has its three-sport athletes. Graf and Loyola have one in Peter Patton, a junior who starts in the big three team sports-football (quarterback), basketball (guard) and baseball (pitcher-first base).
  6. ^ Southwell, David (April 13, 1990). "BASEBALL REPORT: [FIVE STAR SPORTS FINAL Edition]". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 84. ProQuest 257534479. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  7. ^ Hanley, Reid (November 18, 1990). "Opportunity knocks, Thornton answers 2 turnovers spoil Loyola's 6A bid: [FINAL EDITION, C]". Chicago Tribune. p. 20. ProQuest 282993831. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  8. ^ Bell, Taylor (January 4, 1991). "Seasoned seer eyes new year: [FIVE STAR SPORTS FINAL Edition]". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 75. ProQuest 257587658. Retrieved February 22, 2024. Stevenson tight end Chris Piggott, Deerfield lineman Bryan Jurewicz and Loyola quarterback Peter Patton will be the area's top football prospects.
  9. ^ "Stevenson dodges fouls to take title: [NORTH SPORTS FINAL, C Edition]". Chicago Tribune. March 2, 1991. p. 7. ProQuest 283071959. Retrieved February 22, 2024. Loyola Academy (18-9) pelted Glenbrook South 84-56. Peter Patton added 14, Yale Rieck 13 and Mark Franz 12, for the Ramblers, who play Catholic League rival Gordon Tech next
  10. ^ Potash, Mark (March 6, 1991). "Gillespie's 41 propel Gordon by Loyola". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 102. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  11. ^ Leptich, John (November 24, 1991). "Underdogs have their day Glenbard N. surprises No. 1 Loyola: [FINAL EDITION, C]". Chicago Tribune. p. 24. ProQuest 283025796. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  12. ^ O'Donnell, Michael (November 22, 1991). "Small players make big plays for Loyola defense: [NORTH SPORTS FINAL, C Edition]". Chicago Tribune. p. 10. ProQuest 283359066. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  13. ^ Bell, Taylor (November 1, 1991). "Loyola's Patton proves field general in three sports: [FIVE STAR SPORTS FINAL Edition]". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 74. ProQuest 257846085. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  14. ^ Burns, Marty, Tom Carlton, Jim Coffman, Scott Gutmann, Bill Harrison, Gary Hynes, Chris King, Marty Maciaszek, Mark Meyer, Mark Plaiss, Raymond Rinn, Stan Shalett and Bob Skolnik (March 7, 1992). "Class AA.: [NORTHWEST SPORTS FINAL, NW Edition 2]". Chicago Tribune. p. 9. ProQuest 283384474. Retrieved February 22, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Armour, Terry and John Leptich (November 10, 2021). "Collinsville star still undecided between Illinois and Duke: [CITY EDITION]". Chicago Tribune. p. 21. ProQuest 283230462. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  16. ^ Armour, Terry (March 1, 1992). "Unsigned stars can only wait: [CITY EDITION]". Chicago Tribune. p. 17. ProQuest 283280419. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  17. ^ "Fittipaldi surges to win in Australia: [FIVE STAR SPORTS FINAL Edition]". Chicago Sun-Times. March 23, 1992. p. 80. ProQuest 257832724. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  18. ^ "De Paul signs Patton: [NORTH SPORTS FINAL, C Edition]". Chicago Tribune. April 16, 1992. p. 9. ProQuest 283244522. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  19. ^ Armour, Terry (April 5, 1992). "Patton goes the big-time route: [CITY EDITION]". Chicago Tribune. p. 17. ProQuest 283223964. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  20. ^ Bell, Taylor (March 24, 1992). "Pappas seeks Deerfield job: [FIVE STAR SPORTS FINAL Edition]". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 73. ProQuest 257823675. Retrieved February 22, 2024. People think DePaul is loaded at guard, but they lose Terry Davis next season, Tom Kleinschmidt isn't a point guard and Brandon Cole hasn't demonstrated point-guard skills. So this fit is a natural for Patton, who will back up Howard Nathan. It is a good decision by Patton."
  21. ^ Sakamoto, Bob (June 21, 1992). "St. Francis' Driscoll is Athlete of Year Multisport star tries to be more than just a 'jock': [FINAL EDITION, C]". Chicago Tribune. p. 20. ProQuest 283452486. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  22. ^ Armour, Terry and Bill Jauss (September 4, 1992). "De Paul's top guard flunks out Nathan 2nd starter gone for season: [NORTH SPORTS FINAL, C Edition]". Chicago Tribune. p. 1. ProQuest 283295255. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  23. ^ Jauss, Bill (December 1, 1992). "Point guards in spotlight on big opening night: [NORTH SPORTS FINAL Edition]". Chicago Tribune. p. 1. ProQuest 283359943. Retrieved February 24, 2024. Vernell Brent of Loyola, Brandon Cole and Peter Patton of De Paul and Pat Baldwin of Northwestern will each direct his team from the point Tuesday.
  24. ^ Ginnetti, Toni (November 27, 1992). "Uphill Climb For Demons, Kleinschmidt". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 128. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  25. ^ "Peter Patton". Sports Reference - College Basketball. Archived from the original on February 20, 2024. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  26. ^ a b "Timberwolves Announce Coaching Staff Additions - Minnesota Timberwolves". nba.com. September 25, 2016. Archived from the original on September 29, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  27. ^ a b "Peter Patton". statscrew.com. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  28. ^ a b "Peter Patton". eurobasket.com. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  29. ^ Mulford, Michael (June 12, 2023). "Mavs Coach Peter Patton Leaving Jason Kidd's Staff; Joining Bulls". si.com. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  30. ^ Johnson, K. C. (June 10, 2023). "Chicago Bulls to hire familiar player development coach Peter Patton". NBC Sports Chicago. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
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