| Don Patterson | |
| Birth Date: | 10 December 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Corsicana, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Army |
| Coach Years1: | 1978 |
| Coach Team1: | North Texas (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1979 |
| Coach Team2: | Iowa (assistant DB) |
| Coach Years3: | 1980 |
| Coach Team3: | Iowa (RC) |
| Coach Years4: | 1981–1988 |
| Coach Team4: | Iowa (TE) |
| Coach Years5: | 1989–1991 |
| Coach Team5: | Iowa (QB/WR) |
| Coach Years6: | 1992–1997 |
| Coach Team6: | Iowa (OC/QB/WR) |
| Coach Years7: | 1998 |
| Coach Team7: | Iowa (OC/WR/TE) |
| Coach Years8: | 1999–2007 |
| Coach Team8: | Western Illinois |
| Coach Years9: | 2008–2009 |
| Coach Team9: | Western Illinois |
| Coach Years10: | 2011–2013 |
| Coach Team10: | Buffalo (QB/RC) |
| Coach Years11: | 2014 |
| Coach Team11: | Connecticut (associate HC/QB) |
| Coach Years12: | 2015 |
| Coach Team12: | Connecticut (AHC/TE) |
| Overall Record: | 63–47 |
| Tournament Record: | 2–3 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Championships: | 2 Gateway (2000, 2002) |
Don Patterson (born December 10, 1950) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois from 1999 to 2009, when he resigned due to health problems related to treatment for cancer.[1] Patterson was the 18th football coach at the school. His record at Western Illinois was 63–47. He spent his final two years of coaching as assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach of the Connecticut Huskies. Patterson announced his retirement on January 8, 2016, after 37 years of college coaching.