Elvis Vernell "Toast" Patterson (born October 21, 1960 in Bryan, Texas

Bryan, Texas

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) is a former American football

American football

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 defensive back

Defensive back

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 who played ten seasons in the National Football League

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, mainly for the New York Giants

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. He played in Super Bowl XXI

Super Bowl XXI

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 for the Giants. He then played for the San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

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, Los Angeles Raiders and Dallas Cowboys

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. He retired after playing in Super Bowl XXVIII

Super Bowl XXVIII

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as a part of the Cowboys' winning team.

After his successful career as an NFL defensive back he soon found success in coaching. In 2005 Patterson coached a middle school football team, the Lakewood Cougars, to a winning 5-2 season.
In 2009 he was the Head Coach for Northeast H.S. (KCMO) Placing 1st in the division(5A)-Interscholastic League, Awarded Coach of the year by the Kansas City Chiefs Alumni (Kimble Anders) along with his Assistant Coaching staff. Head Coach-Elvis Patterson / Assist. Head Coach-Gregory Martin Jr. (Greg Martin). Elvis Patterson defense coordinator, Gregory Martin, Jr. offensive coordinator came together and these coaches gave Northeast there 1st All-American/ All-State player (Kawann Parrish) along with 2 candidates for All-American, and their 1st winning season in 20 years. Regular season (3-4), Districts (0-3) due to technicalities.

In late 2009, early 2010, Elvis established a sporting events company, where he is CEO/Commissioner and Head Coach. His Assistant Head Coach/Co-Commissioner, Gregory Martin Jr. is his star pupil,(born 4-30-78) Kansas City, Missouri. Elvis and Greg run football camps and provide training year round using basic fundamentals and demonstration to teach the youth.