James Patton

Biography

Twitter: @Coachjpatton Patton's All-MAC Honorees Reid Holskey (2024) First Team Will Jados (2023) Second Team Reid Holskey (2023) Second Team Rusty Feth (2022) Second Team James Patton is in his fourth year as the offensive line coach/run game coordinator/Associate Head Coach. Patton, a four-year letterman at tight end for Miami from 1989-92, earned First Team All-MAC honors and was a team captain as a senior in 1992. Patton has 30 years of experience coaching the offensive line and has coached in 16 bowl games and eight conference championships. This past season Miami's offensive line produced a 1,000-yard rusher for the second straight season and helped protect quarterback Brett Gabbert, who earned first-team All-MAC accolades. Miami's offensive line had one of the best seasons in recent memory in 2023. Not only two two members of the offensive line earn All-MAC honors, Miami rushed for 158.1 yards per game, the second-highest season average in the past 20 years. Miami had it's first 1,000 yard rusher since 2005 and the RedHawks allowed just 1.7 sacks per contest, fourth-best in the MAC. During his time with the RedHawks, Patton has coached four players that have earned All-MAC honors. Prior to joining Miami, Patton served as the offensive line coach/run game coordinator for the Eastern Michigan Eagles for the past two years. EMU’s offense was electric in 2019, amassing 5,271 total yards, 49 touchdowns, and 379 total points. Overall, the EMU offense set the program record f