Steve Patterson has only been the athletic director for one of the country’s premier collegiate programs for less than two years, however, in that time, he appears to be alienating a lot of people close to the Texas program. While some argue that he’s merely doing what he was hired to do, some believe the Longhorn AD is taking things too far.
More than 18 months after Patterson’s hire to replace 32-year Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds, Patterson is credited with making solid hires in football coach Charlie Strong and basketball coach Shaka Smart.
But more and more inside the Longhorn community are fed up with what they say is an athletic director who can’t or won’t relate to people and who puts making money or saving money above everything – even Texas student-athletes and coaches, who have seen cuts by Patterson impact them directly.