Men's Basketball
Blake, Patrick
Patrick Blake
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- pblake@sports.uga.edu
- Phone:
- 706-542-1432
Patrick Blake joined the Georgia Bulldogs in the summer of 2023 as an assistant coach after enjoying success at every stop of his 13-year college coaching career.
Most recently, Blake served as an assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky from 2019-23 and at Coastal Carolina from 2015-19. During his tenure, both programs established their single-season records for points scored. Blake also enjoyed a stellar run at Chipola College, including leading the Indians to the “Elite Eight” of the 2014 NJCAA Tournament.
Blake helped Eastern Kentucky become one of the nation’s highest scoring teams in his final three seasons. The Colonels paced their conference in scoring offense in each of those years, finishing eighth nationally in 2020-21 (81.8 ppg) in EKU’s final season in the Ohio Valley Conference. EKU led the Atlantic Sun offensively in both 2021-22 (79.3 ppg) and 2022-23 (78.6 ppg).
Blake played an integral role in Eastern Kentucky signing its highest rated group of recruits in the internet age in 2022. That class of Colonels ranked No. 65 nationally by 247Sports, higher than eight Power conference programs. The group included the EKU’s first-ever ESPN four-star prospect and the program’s first Kentucky Mr. Basketball since 1980.
The scoring and recruiting translated into winning by the Colonels. Eastern Kentucky led all Division I men’s basketball teams in Kentucky with 23 victories in 2022-23 after notching 22 Ws in 2020-21.
During Blake’s four seasons in Richmond, the Colonels reached the conference tournament semifinals three times. The 2022-23 season was especially gratifying after the Colonels were picked to finish 10th in the ASUN. Eastern Kentucky went on to reach the championship game of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), the first time in 78 years that EKU won three games in a national tourney.
Blake also spent four seasons at Coastal Carolina, helping the Chanticleers to a trio of postseason bids and an appearance in the CBI’s championship series in 2016. In his first season in Conway, Coastal finished 21-12, earned the program’s first national postseason victory and went on to reach the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) semifinals. The following year, the Chanticleers advanced to the CBI's championship series. Blake also helped Coastal Carolina back to the 2019 CBI, where the Chanticleers stunned West Virginia, 109-91, in Morgantown.
Blake’s first full-time coaching stint was at Chipola College in Marianna, Fla., where he served as an assistant coach for two seasons before being promoted to head coach. In three campaigns as head coach, Blake compiled a record of 62-30 and was named the 2014 Panhandle Conference and State Coach of the Year. The Indians were a combined 46-10 with Blake as an assistant coach. In 2012, Chipola went 26-6 and as the No. 3 seed in the NJCAA Tournament reached the quarterfinals before falling to the eventual national champs, Jones County (Miss.) College.
Blake was a graduate assistant at Ole Miss from 2008-10 while Mike White was an assistant coach on the staff. That stint included a 23-4 finish by the Rebels in 2010 when they shared the SEC West Division title and reached the semifinals of the NIT.
Blake graduated from Louisville in 2009 with a bachelor’s in Business Marketing. He was a student manager for the Cardinals for four seasons when they reached the NCAA Final Four in 2005, the NIT semifinals in 2006, the NCAA Round of 32 in 2007 and the NCAA Elite Eight in 2008.
A native of Evansville, Ind., Blake is married to the former Diana Truong. The couple has two sons, Reilly (3) and Brady (2).
Most recently, Blake served as an assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky from 2019-23 and at Coastal Carolina from 2015-19. During his tenure, both programs established their single-season records for points scored. Blake also enjoyed a stellar run at Chipola College, including leading the Indians to the “Elite Eight” of the 2014 NJCAA Tournament.
Blake helped Eastern Kentucky become one of the nation’s highest scoring teams in his final three seasons. The Colonels paced their conference in scoring offense in each of those years, finishing eighth nationally in 2020-21 (81.8 ppg) in EKU’s final season in the Ohio Valley Conference. EKU led the Atlantic Sun offensively in both 2021-22 (79.3 ppg) and 2022-23 (78.6 ppg).
Blake played an integral role in Eastern Kentucky signing its highest rated group of recruits in the internet age in 2022. That class of Colonels ranked No. 65 nationally by 247Sports, higher than eight Power conference programs. The group included the EKU’s first-ever ESPN four-star prospect and the program’s first Kentucky Mr. Basketball since 1980.
The scoring and recruiting translated into winning by the Colonels. Eastern Kentucky led all Division I men’s basketball teams in Kentucky with 23 victories in 2022-23 after notching 22 Ws in 2020-21.
During Blake’s four seasons in Richmond, the Colonels reached the conference tournament semifinals three times. The 2022-23 season was especially gratifying after the Colonels were picked to finish 10th in the ASUN. Eastern Kentucky went on to reach the championship game of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), the first time in 78 years that EKU won three games in a national tourney.
Blake also spent four seasons at Coastal Carolina, helping the Chanticleers to a trio of postseason bids and an appearance in the CBI’s championship series in 2016. In his first season in Conway, Coastal finished 21-12, earned the program’s first national postseason victory and went on to reach the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) semifinals. The following year, the Chanticleers advanced to the CBI's championship series. Blake also helped Coastal Carolina back to the 2019 CBI, where the Chanticleers stunned West Virginia, 109-91, in Morgantown.
Blake’s first full-time coaching stint was at Chipola College in Marianna, Fla., where he served as an assistant coach for two seasons before being promoted to head coach. In three campaigns as head coach, Blake compiled a record of 62-30 and was named the 2014 Panhandle Conference and State Coach of the Year. The Indians were a combined 46-10 with Blake as an assistant coach. In 2012, Chipola went 26-6 and as the No. 3 seed in the NJCAA Tournament reached the quarterfinals before falling to the eventual national champs, Jones County (Miss.) College.
Blake was a graduate assistant at Ole Miss from 2008-10 while Mike White was an assistant coach on the staff. That stint included a 23-4 finish by the Rebels in 2010 when they shared the SEC West Division title and reached the semifinals of the NIT.
Blake graduated from Louisville in 2009 with a bachelor’s in Business Marketing. He was a student manager for the Cardinals for four seasons when they reached the NCAA Final Four in 2005, the NIT semifinals in 2006, the NCAA Round of 32 in 2007 and the NCAA Elite Eight in 2008.
A native of Evansville, Ind., Blake is married to the former Diana Truong. The couple has two sons, Reilly (3) and Brady (2).
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