# Jay Pattee

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{{Short description|American football and basketball coach (1921–1967)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jay Pattee
| image = Jay Pattee, 1952.png
| alt = 
| caption = Pattee in 1952
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|5|6}}
| birth_place = [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|2|2|1921|5|6}}
| death_place = [Ceres, California](/source/Ceres%2C_California), U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1940–1943
| player_team2 = [Brown](/source/Brown_Bears_football)
| player_sport4 = Basketball
| player_years5 = {{Circa|1940–1941}}
| player_team5 = [Brown](/source/Brown_Bears_men's_basketball)
| player_sport6 = Baseball
| player_years7 = {{Circa|1940s}}
| player_team7 = [Brown](/source/Brown_Bears_baseball)
| player_positions = [Quarterback](/source/Quarterback), [placekicker](/source/placekicker) (football)<br/>[Guard](/source/Guard_(basketball_position)) (basketball)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1947
| coach_team2 = [Torrington HS (CT)](/source/Torrington_High_School)
| coach_years3 = 1948–1949
| coach_team3 = [Toledo](/source/Toledo_Rockets_football) (backfield)
| coach_years4 = 1950–1951
| coach_team4 = [Stetson](/source/Stetson_Hatters_football) (backfield)
| coach_years5 = 1952–1953
| coach_team5 = Stetson
| coach_years6 = 1954–1956
| coach_team6 = [Idaho](/source/Idaho_Vandals_football) (backfield)
| coach_years7 = 1957–1966
| coach_team7 = [Modesto HS (CA)](/source/Modesto_High_School)
| coach_sport8 = Basketball
| coach_years9 = 1947–1948
| coach_team9 = [Torrington HS (CT)](/source/Torrington_High_School)
| coach_years10 = 1951–1952
| coach_team10 = [Stetson](/source/Stetson_Hatters_men's_basketball)
| overall_record = 6–10–3 (college football)<br/>16–4 (college basketball)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}

'''John Hiram''' "'''Jay'''" '''Pattee''' (May 6, 1921 – February 2, 1967) was an American [college football](/source/college_football) and [basketball](/source/college_basketball) coach. He was the head football coach for John B. Stetson University (now known as [Stetson University](/source/Stetson_University)) from 1952 to 1953 and head basketball coach from 1951 to 1952.

==Playing career==
Pattee was born on May 6, 1921, in [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), to [Harry Pattee](/source/Harry_Pattee), a former professional baseball player, and Margaret Grant. Pattee was almost named Olaf Gustaf Hazard Oden Pattee after his father, who was coaching the [Brown baseball](/source/Brown_Bears_baseball) team at the time, said he would name his son after whoever hit the first [home run](/source/home_run) in the team's game against [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Lions_baseball).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=October 2, 1941 |title=Pattee Big Cog In Brown Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bangor-daily-news-pattee-big-cog-in/171151174/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Bangor Daily News |pages=3}}</ref> The first player to hit a home run was [Curly Oden](/source/Curly_Oden), who, after reciting the entirety of his Swedish name, left Harry astonished.<ref name=":0" /> Instead of being the namesake, Oden was honored as Jay Pattee's godfather.<ref name=":0" /> Pattee's brother, Harry Pattee Jr., was the starting [quarterback](/source/quarterback) on the 1937 state champion [Barrington High School](/source/Barrington_High_School_(Rhode_Island)) football team.<ref name=":0" />

Pattee grew up in [Barrington, Rhode Island](/source/Barrington%2C_Rhode_Island) and was a [quarterback](/source/quarterback) and [placekicker](/source/placekicker) for [Barrington High School](/source/Barrington_High_School_(Rhode_Island)).<ref name=":0" /> During his high school career, he missed only one [extra point](/source/Conversion_(gridiron_football)), with his only missing being a game losing miss in the Class C State Championship.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Whitney |date=November 3, 1943 |title=Brown's Jay Pattee Has Great Record As Point-After Kicker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-browns-jay-pattee-has/171153013/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Tampa Tribune |pages=12}}</ref> Alongside football, Pattee also participated in basketball, baseball, and track and field for the school.<ref name=":0" /> After graduating, he took a graduate year with [Kents Hill School](/source/Kents_Hill_School) in [Kents Hill, Maine](/source/Kents_Hill%2C_Maine), where he starred in football and basketball.<ref name=":0" /> He was voted as Rhode Island's outstanding athlete in 1939.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=March 31, 1950 |title=Stetson Adds Coach For Backs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-stetson-adds-coach-for/171154181/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Miami Herald |pages=56}}</ref>

Pattee then enrolled at his father's alma mater, [Brown University](/source/Brown_University), as a football, basketball, and baseball player.<ref name=":0" />

As a freshman, Pattee followed in his father's footsteps as they both were named [captains](/source/Captain_(sports)) of the freshmen football team during their tenures with the team.<ref name=":0" /> After missing his first two extra points, he went on to make nine consecutive kicks.<ref name=":1" /> During his sophomore year, the 190-pound blocking back served as the backup to captain Ernie Savignano and made his varsity debut in Brown's 20–6 opening win over [Wesleyan](/source/Wesleyan_Cardinals_football).<ref name=":0" /> On the year, he also completed all three of his point-after attempts.<ref name=":1" /> He maintained his dominance as a placekicker in his junior year, finishing with 16 out of 18 kicks being good.<ref name=":1" /> In 1943, his senior year, he finished making all 18 of kicks and finished his career with a Brown-record of 46 of 50 throughout his entire career.<ref name=":1" /> At the conclusion of his college football career, he earned honorable mention [All-American](/source/College_Football_All-America_Team) honors.<ref name=":2" />

With the [basketball team](/source/Brown_Bears_men's_basketball), Pattee was described as an "outstanding" player for the freshmen basketball team.<ref name=":0" />

==Coaching career==
In 1947, Pattee began his coaching career as the head football and basketball coach for [Torrington High School](/source/Torrington_High_School).<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=March 31, 1950 |title=Backfield Coach For Stetson Named |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pensacola-news-journal-backfield-coach-f/171154592/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=Pensacola News Journal |pages=11}}</ref> Alongside coaching at Torrington, he also was an instructed at the [YMCA](/source/YMCA) in [Torrington, Connecticut](/source/Torrington%2C_Connecticut).<ref name=":3" /> In 1948, he rejoined his old head coach [Skip Stahley](/source/Skip_Stahley) as the [backfield](/source/Offensive_backfield) coach for [Toledo](/source/Toledo_Rockets_football).<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 14, 1949 |title=Named Line Coach Toledo University |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-sentinel-tribune-named-line-co/171153586/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Daily Sentinel-Tribune |pages=9}}</ref> In 1950, Pattee joined fellow former Brown teammate [Joe McMullen](/source/Joe_McMullen) after he was hired as the head coach for [Stetson](/source/Stetson_Hatters_football).<ref name=":2" /> In 1951, alongside assisting the football team, Pattee was picked as the head basketball coach.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 14, 1951 |title=Stetson Picks Cage Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-stetson-picks-cage-coac/171154792/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Miami Herald |pages=41}}</ref> He resigned after one season as basketball coach to work as an insurance agent.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=July 10, 1952 |title=Jay Pattee Named Head Grid Coach at Stetson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-jay-pattee-named-head/171155062/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Tampa Tribune |pages=23}}</ref>

In 1952, after a highly successful 16–3–2 record in two years under McMullen, McMullen resigned to become the head coach for [Washington & Jefferson](/source/Washington_%26_Jefferson_Presidents_football), leaving Stetson to promote Pattee to the head coaching position.<ref name=":4" /> His first move as head coach was to hire assistant Gene Stauber to coach the line as Pattee opted to remain working directly with the backfield himself.<ref name=":4" /> With Stetson, he aimed to return to the [one-platoon system](/source/one-platoon_system), with seven players playing both ways in his inaugural 1952 season.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Burns |first=Jimmy |date=September 15, 1953 |title=No Time for Crying as Jay Pattee Preps Stetson for Tough Foes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-no-time-for-crying-as-j/171155478/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Miami Herald |pages=33}}</ref> He stated that the one-platoon system would "personalize the game...the spectators will see men block and tackle, not block or tackle. They'll know their players better."<ref name=":5" /> It also allowed for the team to have a smaller roster, letting Pettee pick from a pool of 48 players rather than 100 or more like other schools.<ref name=":5" /> He resigned after two seasons and an overall record of 6–10–3. He recommended his assistant Joe Berry for the position,<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=February 25, 1954 |title=Pattee Added To Idaho U. Grid Staff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-pattee-added-to-idaho/171156447/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Tampa Tribune |pages=23}}</ref> but renowned coach [Herb McQuillan](/source/Herb_McQuillan) ultimately returned for the position.

Following Pettee's resignation from Stetson, he rejoined Stahley again, this time as the backfield coach for [Idaho](/source/Idaho_Vandals_football).<ref name=":6" /> He resigned from Idaho after three seasons and retired from coaching altogether.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=February 27, 1957 |title=Jay Pattee Quits Idaho |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-jay-pattee-quits-idaho/171156972/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Oregonian |pages=25}}</ref>

Pattee was out of coaching briefly as he pursued other business ventures before being hired as the head football coach for [Modesto High School](/source/Modesto_High_School).<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=June 4, 1957 |title=Jay Pattee Named Head Coach of Modesto High Grid Squad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-record-jay-p/171157414/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=Stockton Evening and Sunday Record |pages=18}}</ref> He replaced [Don Warhurst](/source/Don_Warhurst) who was hired as the head coach for [Cal Poly Pomona](/source/Cal_Poly_Pomona_Broncos_football).<ref name=":8" /> As head coach, he aimed to bring Stahley's offense with him and run the [spread offense](/source/spread_offense).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flynn |first=Bernard |date=July 2, 1957 |title=New MHS Grid Coach May Use Spread T Offense |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee-new-mhs-grid-coach-may-u/171157925/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Modesto Bee |pages=23}}</ref> Pattee coached at Modesto until his death in 1967. He had led the team to a 9–1, 7–0 in conference, and a conference championship.<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |date=February 3, 1967 |title=Modesto High Coach, Jay Pattee, Is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/turlock-journal-modesot-high-coach-jay/171158857/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=Turlock Journal |pages=5}}</ref> The team repeated its success in 1966 before tying [Turlock High School](/source/Turlock_High_School) in the last game of the season.<ref name=":9" />

==Personal life==
Pattee's father, [Harry Pattee](/source/Harry_Pattee), played professional baseball for the [Brooklyn Superbas](/source/Brooklyn_Superbas).<ref name=":0" /> Pattee served in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) in 1944 after receiving his [bachelor of arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) from Brown.<ref name=":2" /> He served as an assistant [gunnery officer](/source/gunnery_officer) on the [USS Strong (DD-758)](/source/USS_Strong_(DD-758)) before working as a transportation officer at the [Boston Navy Yard](/source/Boston_Navy_Yard) in [Charlestown, Boston](/source/Charlestown%2C_Boston).<ref name=":2" /> He was discharged in 1946.<ref name=":2" />

In 1950, Pattee married Tommy, a woman he had met on a blind date.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |last=Gandolfo |first=Lu |date=February 3, 1967 |title=Modesto High Football Coach Jay Pattee Dies At Age 45 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee-modesot-high-football-co/171159093/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=The Modesto Bee |pages=15}}</ref>

In 1957, Pattee left coaching to pursue a business venture in turf and lawn for a new chemical solution for soil.<ref name=":11">{{Cite news |date=February 26, 1957 |title=Jay Pattee, Idaho Vandal Gridiron Aide, Resigns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-jay-pattee-idaho-vand/171158357/ |access-date=April 26, 2025 |work=Spokane Chronicle |pages=11}}</ref> He picked up the business idea from the father of a football player in the Idaho team.<ref name=":11" /> The father, Wade Patterson Sr., backed the product that initially was developed by a man in California.<ref name=":11" />

Pattee died on February 2, 1967, at 45 years old.<ref name=":9" /> Prior to his death he was playing [handball](/source/handball) at the Sportsmen at the Stanislaus clubhouse in [Modesto, California](/source/Modesto%2C_California).<ref name=":9" /> He had collapsed after being hit in the head with the ball and never regained consciousness,<ref name=":10" /> he was pronounced dead at 4:30 p.m. at a nearby hospital in [Ceres, California](/source/Ceres%2C_California).<ref name=":9" /> His cause of death was officially ruled as a [stroke](/source/stroke). He was survived by his wife and 15-year old daughter, who attended Modesto High School.<ref name=":10" />

==Head coaching record==
===College football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Stetson Hatters](/source/Stetson_Hatters_football)
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1952
 | endyear   = 1953
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1952](/source/1952_college_football_season)
 | name         = Stetson
 | overall      = 3–4–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1953](/source/1953_college_football_season)
 | name         = Stetson
 | overall      = 3–6
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Stetson
 | overall    = 6–10–3
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 6–10–3
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}
<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=NCAA Football Statistics; Coach; Jay Pattee |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/people/18767?sport_code=MFB |publisher=[National Collegiate Athletic Association](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association) |access-date=April 26, 2025 }}</ref>

===College basketball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conf = | postseason = | poll = no }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [Stetson Hatters](/source/Stetson_Hatters_men's_basketball)
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1951
 | endyear    = 1952
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = 1951–52
| name         = Stetson
| overall      = 16–4
| conference   = 
| confstanding =
| postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = Stetson
 | overall      = 16–4
 | confrecord   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall      = 16–4
 | legend       = no
}}
<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=NCAA Basketball Statistics; Coach; Jay Pattee |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/people/18767?sport_code=MBB |publisher=[National Collegiate Athletic Association](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association) |access-date=April 26, 2025 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Find a Grave}}

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