Coaches / Offensive coordinator / Clay Patterson
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Clay Patterson
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks · Kent State
Headline rating: as offensive coordinator. Every role he has been rated in is below.
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Seasons here2
Programs6
Stints9
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As offensive coordinator
Rating55Peak55
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | -0.12 | 0.04 | -0.20 |
| 2022 | Colorado | -0.12 | -0.09 | -1.28 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.
As position coach · tight ends
Rating56Peak65
Room quality, development (his players gaining more than typical players at the position year to year) and recruiting credit.
| Season | Team | Room | Room quality | Development | Recruiting | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | Quarterbacks | 56 | — | — | -0.29 |
| 2024 | Kent State | Receivers | 67 | +11.3 | 0.826 | 0.21 |
| 2023 | Kent State | Receivers | 59 | -7.9 | 0.877 | -0.64 |
| 2023 | South Florida | Tight ends | 54 | — | 0.877 | -0.14 |
| 2023 | Kent State | Tight ends | 51 | — | 0.877 | -0.24 |
| 2022 | Colorado | Tight ends | 53 | -15.4 | — | -0.90 |
| 2021 | Minnesota | Tight ends | 61 | — | 0.847 | -0.02 |
| 2020 | Minnesota | Tight ends | — | — | 0.873 | 0.17 |
| 2019 | Minnesota | Tight ends | — | — | 0.814 | -0.19 |
| 2018 | Minnesota | Tight ends | — | — | — | — |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.