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MEET THE GREYHOUNDS 2006-07 LOYOLA COLLEGE GREYHOUNDS MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE ccoachingoaching sstafftaff ... YEAR OF THE CITY — 7 — MEET THE GREYHOUNDS JIMMY PATSOS Position: Head Coach Seasons at Loyola: Third Seasons Coaching: Nineteenth High School: Catholic University ’89 There is no denying the impact off a one-win season, Tournament appearance. that Jimmy Patsos has had on the Loyola’s win totals have • Attendance at Reitz Arena Loyola College Men’s Basketball increased to six in his first has increased more than program. Take a look at a brief season and 15 last year. 117 percent since the list of team accomplishments • Last year’s winning season prior to taking that have been achieved in record (15-13) was the over the program. just two seasons directing the Greyhounds’ first since With such accomplishments Greyhounds: the 1993-94 season, the already under his belt, one • After taking over a year that Loyola made would wonder what future program that was coming its one and only NCAA heights the Greyhounds can surpass under Patsos’ tutelage as he enters his third season at THE JIMMY PATSOS FILE the helm. Continuing to post COACHING EXPERIENCE a steady stream of victories for 1989-91 Archbishop Carroll HS Washington, D.C. a program that averaged less • Served as an assistant coach than five wins a season for the • Helped guide team to 21-8 record (1989-90) • Team achieved No. 6 national ranking (1989-90) five campaigns before his arrival 1992-2004 University of Maryland College Park, Md. would seem to be tops on the list. • Assistant on staff that won 2002 National title But establishing the Greyhounds • Team went to 11 straight NCAA Tournaments (1994-2004) as consistently one of the top • ESPN.com tabbed him a “Coach on the Rise” (2003) programs in the MAAC and • Helped develop 13 NBA draft selections gaining the respect of basketball 2004-present Loyola College Baltimore, Md. followers in the Mid-Atlantic • Named 20th head coach on April 1, 2004 region would suit the third-year • Collected first career win over Niagara (12/04/04) coach just fine. • Led team to first winning campaign in 13 seasons (2005-06) Jimmy Patsos was named the 20th men’s basketball coach PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1986-89 Catholic University Washington, D.C. in Loyola’s 96-year history on • Three-year letterwinner for the Cardinals April 1, 2004. The hiring paid 2006-07 LOYOLA COLLEGE GREYHOUNDS MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE • Team posted 66% winning percentage (51-26) immediate dividends as the new- • Coach was Jack Bruen who later led Colgate to two NCAA bids look Greyhounds generated — 8 — LOYOLA & BALTIMORE ... MEET THE GREYHOUNDS 2006-07 LOYOLA COLLEGE GREYHOUNDS MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE legions of fans through 2002), captured the 2004 its style of play and PATSOS BY THE NUMBERS ACC Tournament title those supporters Seasons as a Head Coach ....................................... Third and posted a school-record Career Record ............................................... 21-35 (.375) were rewarded in that eight straight 20-win Record at Loyola ...................................................... Same first season with the Record in MAAC Games ............................ 13-23 (.361) seasons. Additionally school’s first three- Record in MAAC Tournament Games ....... 0-2 (.000) during his tenure with game winning streak Record at Reitz Arena ................................. 13-12 (.520) the Terrapins, 13 players in five years. Among who Patsos coached other highlights were during his rise to the helm of the were drafted into the the snapping of a 39-game road Greyhounds. NBA, including six first-round losing streak with a win at Patsos came to the Loyola selections with four of those being Siena’s Pepsi Arena and home campus straight from the tabbed as lottery selections – wins over perennial Metro University of Maryland where Walt Williams (1992), Joe Smith Atlantic Athletic Conference as an assistant on the staff of (1995), Steve Francis (1999) and (MAAC) powerhouses Iona and Gary Williams for 13 seasons he Chris Wilcox (2002). Former Manhattan, the first Loyola wins helped guide the Terrapins to 11 Terrapins Keith Booth (1997) and over either of those programs consecutive NCAA Tournaments, Juan Dixon (2002) round out the since 1999. Patsos registered his including seven Sweet Sixteen sextet and Patsos currently teams first career coaching win over appearances, consecutive trips with Dixon to hold an annual eventual MAAC regular-season to the Final Four (2001 and basketball summer camp held on and championship titlist Niagara 2002) and the 2002 NCAA the Loyola campus. when the Purple Eagles left Championship. In those 13 While at College Park, Patsos Reitz Arena saddled with a 97-89 seasons, Maryland finished in was recognized by ESPN’s Andy defeat. the top half of the rugged ACC Katz as a “Coach on the Rise” There was plenty more to 10 times, won two ACC regular- after helping the Terrapins to come in Season Two. A five- season championships (1995 and their seventh Sweet Sixteen game winning streak to start the season ballooned into a 10-3 start with the only blemishes being losses to MAAC regular-season champion Manhattan, Virginia of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Providence of the BIG EAST. Regrouping at the end of the season, Patsos rallied the team to finish with four wins in the final five regular-season games to secure a winning record and the No. 6 seed at the MAAC Championships, where the season ended with a tough two-point loss in the opening round. The instant success was not surprising with one look at Patsos’ pedigree. He was been surrounded by winners and learned from some of the best basketball minds in the nation ... YEAR OF THE CITY — 9 — MEET THE GREYHOUNDS HEAD COACH JIMMY PATSOS appearance, a fifth Top-10 nation and a group of Terrapins PATSOS vs. THE OPPONENTS ranking in the final coaches poll newcomers for the 2003-04 American ................................... 1-0 and a victory over No. 1 Duke season rated as high as second in Canisius ..................................... 3-2 in the inaugural season at the the country by several national Central Connecticut State .......... 0-1 Comcast Center in 2003. publications. Delaware ................................... 1-1 Patsos joined the Terrapins Prior to his appointment Fairfield ..................................... 1-3 as a volunteer assistant prior at Maryland, Patsos was the High Point ................................ 1-0 to the 1991-92 season and assistant coach at Archbishop Iona ............................................ 1-3 immediately became an integral Carroll HS in Washington, Manhattan ................................ 1-4 part of Williams’ staff. His D.C. He helped Carroll to a 21- Marist ........................................ 1-3 numerous responsibilities 8 record and a national ranking Maryland-Baltimore Co. ........ 1-1 included on-court coaching and of No. 6 during his first season Mount St. Mary’s ..................... 1-1 Navy ........................................... 0-1 the academic development of before the team lost to famed Niagara ...................................... 2-2 Maryland’s players. His role as DeMatha Catholic HS in the city Pittsburgh ...................................... 0-1 an academic mentor during his playoffs. Patsos was involved Princeton ........................................ 0-1 first 10 seasons on Williams’ staff in the maturation of Charles Providence ..................................... 0-1 proved productive, as the teams’ Harrison (Wake Forest) and Rider .......................................... 2-2 overall academic performance Lawrence Moten (Syracuse), both Saint Peter’s ............................. 1-3 improved under his guidance. As of whom became stars on the Siena ........................................... 1-3 a recruiter, he helped Maryland collegiate level. Towson ...................................... 1-0 land a 2002-03 incoming class A three-year varsity letter Virginia ........................................... 0-1 ranked as high as fourth in the winner at The Catholic Virginia Military Institute ......... 2-0 University of America in Virginia Tech ................................ 0-1 2006-07 opponents in boldface Washington, D.C., Patsos played for the late Jack As a junior, Patsos recorded Bruen, who later led Colgate season highs of 14 points against University to a pair of NCAA Upsala and 11 rebounds against Division I Tournament Washington College. He scored appearances in the 1990s. The 12 points and grabbed five Cardinals posted a record of 51- rebounds to lead Catholic to 26 during his career as a player the championship of the Alfred and captured four in-season University Charity Cage Classic tournament championships, with a 90-88 victory over the host highlighted by a 106-99 victory Saxons. The Cardinals were 18-8 over Manhattanville in the during both his junior and senior championship game of the years, then school records for Manhattanville Tournament as victories in a single season. Patsos led the Cardinals with A native of Boston, Mass., career highs for points (17) and Patsos grew up attending games rebounds (14). Other top games at the Boston Garden. He during his senior campaign earned his bachelor’s degree in included 12 points and five history from Catholic in 1989. rebounds against Frostburg His brother Chris captained the State, 10 rebounds at Scranton, 2006-07 LOYOLA COLLEGE GREYHOUNDS MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE Florida Southern baseball team and 12