TCU's Gary Patterson Named AP Big 12 Coach Of Year

FORT WORTH (AP) -- TCU's Gary Patterson is The Associated Press coach of the year in the Big 12 Conference.

The Horned Frogs (11-1) claimed a share of the Big 12 title in only their third season in the league. TCU and Baylor were co-champs.

Patterson got 17 of 20 votes in the balloting by media members who cover the Big 12 on a regular basis. The award was revealed Tuesday.

The other three votes went to Baylor's Art Briles, who last season was the unanimous pick by AP voters as the league's top coach.

Patterson is TCU's winningest coach, with a 131-45 record in 14 seasons. The coach of the year honor comes a year after the defensive-minded Patterson hired co-offensive coordinators to install a more up-tempo, higher-scoring scheme.

A year-by-year look at the winners of The Associated Press Big 12 coach of the year award, as chosen by reporters who regularly cover the conference for newspapers in the Big 12 region:

2014_Gary Patterson, TCU

2013_Art Briles, Baylor

2012_Bill Snyder, Kansas State

2011_Bill Snyder Kansas State

2010_Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State

2009_Mack Brown, Texas

2008_Mike Leach, Texas Tech

2007_(tie)Mark Mangino, Kansas/Gary Pinkel, Missouri

2006_Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

2005_Mack Brown, Texas

2004_Gary Barnett, Colorado

2003_Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

2002_Les Miles, Oklahoma State

2001_Gary Barnett, Colorado

2000_Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

1999_Frank Solich, Nebraska

1998_Bill Snyder, Kansas State

1997_Larry Smith, Missouri

1996_Tom Osborne, Nebraska

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