John Patrick (basketball)

John Patrick
John Patrick (2019)
Veltex Shizuoka
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1968-02-29) February 29, 1968
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High schoolSidwell Friends
(Washington, D.C.)
CollegeStanford (1987–1991)
NBA draft1991: undrafted
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
Coaching
2003–2005Göttingen
2005–2006Toyota Alvark
2006–2011Göttingen
2011–2012s.Oliver Baskets
2013–2022Riesen Ludwigsburg
2022–2024Chiba Jets Funabashi
2024–2025Riesen Ludwigsburg
2025New Taipei Kings
2026–presentVeltex Shizuoka
Career highlights
As coach:

John Patrick (born February 29, 1968) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player. Most recently, he is the head coach of Veltex Shizuoka of the B.League.

Career

Patrick attended DeMatha Catholic High School, where he played under coach Morgan Wootten, before moving to Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.[1] He started his college career at Stanford University in 1987.[2] Playing point guard for coach Mike Montgomery, he won the 1991 NIT Championship as a senior. Patrick led Stanford in assists per game in 1989-90 and 1990–91,[3] while making the Pac-10 All-Academic Team his junior and senior year.[4]

Upon graduation, Patrick had an eight-year career as a professional basketball player, mostly representing clubs in Japan and Germany. He had a tryout with NBA team Golden State Warriors, but never made the roster. While sitting out the 1994–95 season with a knee injury, he served as an assistant coach of his team (Japan Energy Griffins), but later returned to the court and split time between playing and coaching in Japan in the following years.[5]

In 2003, Patrick was appointed head coach of BG Göttingen, a second-division team from Germany. He coached the Violets until 2005 and then spent the 2005–06 season as head coach for Toyota Alvark in Japan. After one year, he returned to Göttingen and guided the team to promotion to Germany's top-flight Basketball Bundesliga in 2007. Counting on a fast-paced style of play,[6] Patrick led the team to three Bundesliga playoff appearances in four years and to the 2010 EuroChallenge title,[7] while earning Bundesliga Coach of the Year honors in 2009 and 2010.[8]

He parted company with BG Göttingen at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season to take the reins as head coach at fellow Bundesliga team s.Oliver Würzburg. Patrick led Würzburg to the playoff semifinals in 2011–12, but parted ways with the club at the end of the season.[9]

In January 2013, Patrick was hired as head coach by struggling MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg,[10] but couldn't prevent them from being relegated from the Bundesliga. However, the Ludwigsburg organization was granted a wildcard to remain in the league. Patrick guided the team to playoff berths in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. In the 2017–18 season, Patrick's Ludwigsburg team reached the semi-final stage of the Champions League, where they fell short to Monaco.[11] He was presented with the Best Coach award for the 2017-18 Champions League season.[12] In Bundesliga play, Patrick guided Ludwigsburg to a semifinal appearance, where his team lost to Alba Berlin in May 2018.[13] In the 2018-19 season, Patrick's Ludwigsburg side finished the Bundesliga regular season in tenth place, thus missing the playoffs.[14]

In the 2019–20 season, his Ludwigsburg team had a record of 17 wins and 4 losses, while sitting in second place in the German Bundesliga standings, when play was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.[15] At the Bundesliga finals tournament which was organized in June 2020, he guided Ludwigsburg to its first ever appearance in the Bundesliga finals, where his team took on Alba Berlin, but lost both games. In these two games, Patrick had to replace Marcos Knight due to injury. Knight was later named Bundesliga finals tournament MVP.[16] During the tournament, Patrick's sons Johannes and Jacob were both players on his Ludwigsburg team.[17]

Patrick guided Ludwigsburg to a 30–4 record in the 2020–21 Bundesliga regular season, entering the playoffs as the top seed. He garnered Bundesliga Coach of the Years honours for the third time that season.[18] In the 2021-22 campaign, Patrick and his Ludwigsburg squad won a bronze medal in the Champions League.[19] In Bundesliga play, Patrick coached Ludwigburg to a semifinal appearance in the 2021-22 season.[20] After nine years as head coach of the MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in the German Bundesliga, Patrick left the club on June 8, 2022[21]

On July 6, 2022, Patrick was appointed head coach of the Chiba Jets Funabashi.[22] He guided the Chiba Jets to the 2023 B1 League finals where they fell short to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.[23] During the 2022-23 season, Patrick's team set a league record by winning 24 games in a row.[24] In March 2024, Patrick's Chiba Jets captured the East Asia Super League (EASL) title, remaining undefeated throughout the entire EASL season.[25]

Patrick returned to Ludwigsburg in the summer of 2024.[26] In the FIBA Europe Cup, he guided the team to a quarterfinal appearance in the 2024-25 season.[27] He parted ways with Ludwigsburg on March 26, 2025 after a poor run of results (five losses in a row). The team was sitting in 10th place of the Bundesliga standings when Patrick's tenure came to a close.[28]

On July 9, 2025, Patrick was hired as the head coach of the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).[29] On November 11, 2025, the New Taipei Kings announced to have parted ways with Patrick.[30] Under his tutelage the Kings won three of their first seven league games of the 2025-26 season.[31]

On May 4, 2026, Patrick was hired as the head coach of the Veltex Shizuoka of the B.League.[32]

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Toyota Alvark 2005-06 26215.8081st752.714 JBL Champions

Notes

  1. ↑ "Reserve Patrick waits for his shot". The Stanford Daily. January 13, 1989. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ "All-Time Numerical Roster (since 1951)". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Yearly Leaders (REB, AST, BK, ST, MIN)". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ "All-Conference Honors". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Gottingen: A German Cinderella Story". DraftExpress. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  6. ↑ Finken, Jan (January 21, 2009). "BG Göttingen: Geplantes Chaos". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ludwigsburg out to compete in every game, says coach Patrick". BasketballCL.com. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Trainer John Patrick verlässt BG nach 8 Jahren". Stadt Göttingen (in German). Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Würzburg Baskets beurlauben John Patrick". mainpost.de (in German). June 1, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg: John Patrick neuer Trainer bei Basketball-Bundesligist Ludwigsburg". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Niederlage für Ludwigsburger Basketballer: MHP Riesen verpassen Champions-League-Finale". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Star Lineup revealed, Kulboka Best Young Player". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  13. ↑ "MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg scheitern im Halbfinale: Raus mit Applaus bei Alba Berlin". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Basketball Basketball 2018-2019". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Tabelle Gesamt". Basketball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Berlin feiert erste Meisterschaft seit zwölf Jahren. Ludwigsburg stellt mit Marcos den Turnier-MVP". Basketball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Die Patrick-Family bei den Riesen Ludwigsburg". SWR (in German). Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Awards 2020/21". Basketball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Champions League: MHP Ludwigsburg sichert sich gegen Hapoel Holon Rang drei - Justin Simon sticht heraus". Eurosport. May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Berlin im Finale! Ludwigsburg verabschiedet sich aus den Playoffs". Braunschweiger Zeitung (in German). June 3, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  21. ↑ "John Patrick verlässt die MHP Riesen". MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (in German). Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  22. ↑ "2022-23 シーズン ヘッドコーチ契約締結（新規）のお知らせ". 千葉ジェッツ (in Japanese). Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  23. ↑ "B1 League Basketball 2022-2023". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  24. ↑ Odeven, Ed (May 23, 2023). "B.League Finals: Chiba Jets and Ryukyu Golden Kings to Vie for Title". SportsLook. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  25. ↑ "EASL Champions Chiba Jets Celebrate a Perfect Season". East Asia Super League. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  26. ↑ "John Patrick wieder Trainer in Ludwigsburg". Südwestrundfunk (in German). June 12, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  27. ↑ "Basket - Fiba Europe Cup. La JDA Dijon l'emporte à Ludwigsbourg et rejoint le carré final". Le Bien Public (in French). March 12, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  28. ↑ ""Ära wesentlich mitbestimmt" - John Patrick ist nicht mehr Coach der Riesen Ludwigsburg". Südwestrundfunk (in German). March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  29. ↑ "新北國王官宣新任總教練！美籍派翠克接任 毛加恩：教父般存在". ETtoday. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
  30. ↑ "只帶7場！ 新北國王「火速」開除外籍主帥約翰". Liberty Times Net. November 11, 2025. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
  31. ↑ "TPBL衛冕軍新北國王突換帥！總教練帶兵7場黯然下台 接任人選曝光". Yahoo News (in Chinese). November 11, 2025. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
  32. ↑ "ジョン・パトリック氏 ヘッドコーチ契約のお知らせ". ベルテックス靜岡. May 4, 2026. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
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