player_team coach_years current_team player_years coach_team current_title sport birth_date article_title name
belmont 1985 1990 -- 1991 1991 -- 1993 1993 -- 1996 1996 -- -- 2007 2007 -- 2011 2011 -- 2012 2012 -- 1986 present 1986 -- 1987 1988 -- 1990 central high school 1976 -- 1980 two -rrb- arkansas-little rock -lrb- asst. -rrb- tennessee state -lrb- asst. rivers -rrb- colorado -lrb- asst. -rrb- colorado northern illinois maryland eastern ms shore -lrb- asst. -rrb- central hs hillwood hs middle tennessee -lrb- asst. head coach basketball 23 october 1958 ricardo patton
 ricardo patton
ricardo patton

ricardo maurice patton -lrb- born october 23 , 1958 -rrb- is an american college basketball coach and the former head men 's basketball coach at northern illinois university .
on march 9 , 2011 , niu announced that patton would not return as their head coach for the 2011-2012 season , it is unclear whether he resigned or was fired .
prior to this , he was the head coach at the university of colorado .
he was hired as head coach for the buffaloes on march 5 , 1996 , just days before the big eight conference tournament .
patton guided the buffaloes to six postseason appearances .
on july 11 , 2011 it was announced that patton joined the university of maryland eastern shore as an assistant coach .
patton left umes to become head coach at central high school in memphis , tennessee .
