| Clay Patterson | |
| Current Title: | Co-offensive coordinator, wide receivers coach |
| Current Team: | Kent State |
| Current Conference: | MAC |
| Birth Place: | Morris, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1999–2000 |
| Player Team1: | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| Player Years2: | 2001–2003 |
| Player Team2: | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| Player Positions: | Wide receiver |
| Coach Years1: | 2003–2005 |
| Coach Team1: | Southeastern Oklahoma State (WR) |
| Coach Years2: | 2006 |
| Coach Team2: | Tarleton State (WR) |
| Coach Years3: | 2007–2012 |
| Coach Team3: | Texas A&M–Kingsville (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years4: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team4: | Trinity Valley (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Coach Team5: | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| Coach Years6: | 2018–2021 |
| Coach Team6: | Minnesota (TE) |
| Coach Years7: | 2022 |
| Coach Team7: | Colorado (TE) |
| Coach Years8: | 2022 |
| Coach Team8: | Colorado (OC/TE) |
| Coach Years9: | 2023 |
| Coach Team9: | South Florida (TE) |
| Coach Years10: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team10: | Kent State (co-OC / WR) |
| Overall Record: | 14–8 |
| Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
| Tournament Record: | 2–1 (SWJCFC playoffs) |
| Championships: | 1 SWJCFC (2017) |
Clay Patterson is an American college football coach. He is the co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Kent State University, a position he has held since 2024. Patterson served as the head football coach at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College from 2016 to 2017.
Patterson first played college football as a wide receiver at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College before transferring and finishing his career at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Patterson began his coaching career as the wide receivers coach at his alma mater of Southeastern Oklahoma State. He had stints at Tarleton State, Texas A&M Kingsville and Trinity Valley Community College before being hired as the head coach at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.<ref>Web site: Evans . Thayer . Trinity Valley's Patterson to become NEO coach . 2022-11-18 . Sports Illustrated . en-us. In 2018 he was hired by P. J. Fleck to be the tight ends coach at the University of Minnesota.[1] In 2022, Patterson was hired as the tight ends coach and pass game coordinator at Colorado.[2] [3] Following an 0–5 start to the 2022 season, Colorado fired head coach Karl Dorell and named offensive coordinator Mike Sanford Jr. the interim head coach, and Sanford promoted Patterson to the open offensive coordinator position.[4] [5] [6]