championships coach_years birth_place overall_record coach_team awards sport article_title name
6 ncaa women 's gymnastics championships 1979-2014 binghamton , new york 384 -- 88 -- 2 alabama 4 year '' -lrb- 1985 , 1995 , 2000 , 2010 time -rrb- '' 4 time ncaa coach of the year '' sec -lrb- 1986 , 1988 , 1991 , 2002 -rrb- '' women 's gymnastics coach of the women 's gymnastics sarah patterson -lrb- coach -rrb-
 sarah patterson
sarah patterson -lrb- coach -rrb-

sarah patterson was the head coach of the alabama crimson tide women 's gymnastics team from 1979 to 2014 .
during her tenure , she built the program at the university of alabama into one of the most successful in the history of college gymnastics .
patterson graduated from union endicott high school in 1974 , slippery rock state college in 1978 , and was named the head women 's gymnastics coach at the university of alabama by then athletics director paul `` bear '' bryant later that year .
patterson is married to her former assistant coach , david patterson .
the pattersons have two children , jessie , and jordan , who was a member of the alabama crimson tide softball 2012 ncaa championship team .
