Awards
Before moving to Idaho in the fall of 1992, Greg coached at UC Irvine from 1979 through 1992. With the Anteaters, Patton led his teams to nine Big West championships and 10 top-25 final national rankings. He was named NCAA Coach of the Year in 1987, and was a five-time Big West Coach of the Year with the Anteaters.
Greg Patton was named Big Sky Coach of the Year in 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. 1997 was a big year for Greg, being named Big West Coach of the Year, awarded the USTA/NCAA National Community Service Award and named the NCAA National Men's Coach of the Year in 1997. Coach Patton was once again awarded the USTA/NCAA National Community Service Award in 2003. Thus Coach Patton has accomplished an unprecedented accomplishment by being awarded the National Collegiate Coach of the Year twice (in 1987 and then in 1997) as well as being named the National Community Service Award twice (in 1997 and 2003). In the first seven years he coached at Boise State, the Broncos were ranked in the top 35 in the final national rankings three times (1997, 1996 and 1995). He was inducted in the UC Irvine Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2004 Coach Patton was named the Mountain Region Coach of the Year. This past season, Coach Patton was named the 2005 WAC Coach of the Year.
- NCAA National Coach of the Year 1987 (UC Irvine)
- 5 time Big West Coach of the Year (UC Irvine)
- World Team Tennis Coach of the Year - 1993 (Newport Beach) 1995 (Idaho)
- Named Conference Coach of the Year 1993-1997 (5 Conference Coach of the Year Awards)
- NCAA National Coach of the Year 1997 (Boise State University)
(Only Coach in NCAA to win the Division I National Collegiate Coach of the Year Honor at two different Universities)
- National USTA/NCAA Community Award (1997)
- UC Irvine Athletic Hall of Fame (Inducted in February, 2000)
- Boise State University Hall of Fame (Inducted in November, 2001)
- Greg Patton was named 2006 WAC Coach of the Year
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