Education
Cooper High School.
Cooper High School.
He played college basketball with Indiana. Patterson played college basketball at Indiana University under head coach Bobby Knight. The Minnesota Timberwolves drafted him in the second round of the 1998 National Basketball Association Draft with the 46th overall pick.
He played in 40 career regular season games with Minnesota, through the 1999-2000 season.
Following his National Basketball Association career, Patterson had several stops in Europe, including Zadar, Ricoh Manresa, Ironi Ashkelon, Panellinios British Columbia, and most notably Adecco Estudiantes, before joining Egaleo Association for the Study of Internal Fixation in 2007. On July 1, 2015, Patterson joined the Utah Jazz front office as player personnel/player programs coordinator.