Nick Patterson

Defensive Coordinator for VASJ High School #GFGF THE Ohio State University Alum #GoBucks #SacredBrotherhood Email: [email protected]

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Driving to work tomorrow after staying up all night for Drake’s 3 new albums 🥹

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

God bless the Mothers 🫶🏾

[VASJ Vikings Football @VASJFootball]

VIKING NATION
TODAY WE HONOR WITH GREAT PRIDE THE AMAZING MOTHERS OF OUR VASJ KIDS PAST & PRESENT. THE LOVE & KINDNESS YOU SHOW EVERY DAY HAS RAISED WONDERFUL & HIGH CHARACTER YOUNG MEN! HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY FROM THE ENTIRE VIKING COMMUNITY!
GOD BLESS
GFGF
MUDITA
@VASJHighSchool

[Jim Shapiro @jimshapiro]

If you’re going to be an elite player, I suggest you also be an elite person. High standards, self-control, discipline.

You need both.

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

It's your time big dawg, no regrets. Let's work 💪🏾😤 @chance2027

[VASJ Vikings Football @VASJFootball]

VIKING NATION
WHAT A DAY FOR CHANCE STEVENS! MULTIPLE OFFERS RECEIVED LED BY HOWARD UNIVERSITY/MERCYHURST! GREAT JOB COMPETING YESTERDAY SHOWING YOUR UNIQUE ABILITY! THE VILLAGE IS INCREDIBLY PROUD! STAY HUMBLE & HUNGRY!
@chance2027 @VASJHighSchool @Mike_Forman24 @CowsetteCoach

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

Relentless in the trenches 😤💪🏾🦍 ...@AntonioHodges09 grind don't stop

[VASJ Vikings Football @VASJFootball]

VIKING NATION
ANTONIO HODGES HAD HUGE DAY YESTERDAY RECEIVING MULTIPLE OFFERS LED BY HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 25 LBS HEAVIER THAN LAST YEAR & STRONG AS AN OX-ANTONI HAS VERY BRIGHT FUTURE! UPSIDE IS THRU THE ROOF! WE’RE SO PROUD OF YOU!
@AntonioHodges09 @VASJHighSchool @CowsetteCoach

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

#RecruitVASJ 🏈

[VASJ Vikings Football @VASJFootball]

VIKING NATION
SCHOLARSHIP ALERT GALORE!
WHAT A BLESSED DAY IN VILLAGE YESTERDAY-50 COACHES PACKED GUTBROD FIELD! DYLAN SMITH, CHANCE STEVENS, ANTONIO HODGES, JORDAN KIRK, JERRY BLACK RECEIVED MULTIPLE OFFERS-4 OF THE 5 D1 +MULTIPLE D2 OFFERS. HARD WORK PAYS OFF!
@VASJHighSchool

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

Hard work works!! Turn up big fella @jkirk2009 😤🦍

[VASJ Vikings Football @VASJFootball]

VIKING NATION
ANOTHER GREAT SCHOLARSHIP ALERT! JORDAN KIRK, TOUGH, NASTY LINEMAN HAS EARNED HIS 1ST D2 SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY AT WEST LIBERTY! JORDAN HAS GROWN BIG TIME OVER LAST 12 MONTHS! STAY HUNGRY!
GFGF
@jkirk2009 @VASJHighSchool @CoachSalsWLU

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

😤💪🏾🫡 real killa on that field @jerryjunior_

[VASJ Vikings Football @VASJFootball]

VIKING NATION
THE WORLD IS GETTING TO KNOW JERRY BLACK JR! JERRY HAS RECEIVED BACK TO BACK OFFERS FROM JAMES MADISON & UCONN! TOUGH, SMART, PHYSICAL, & AN AMAZING ATHLETE! GREAT JOB JERRY-VERY PROUD!
GFGF
@jerryjunior_ @VASJHighSchool @CoachLinam @CoachPlungasJMU @CoachMJacobs34

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

🔥🔥🔥

[VASJ Vikings Football @VASJFootball]

VIKING NATION
HUGE CONGRATS TO DYLAN SMITH FOR EARNING MULTIPLE SCHOLARSHIPS YESTERDAY LED BY D1 MERCYHURST! SO PROUD OF YOUR EFFORT & YOU HAVE ONLY BEEN WITH US 1 YEAR! HUGE FUTURE AHEAD & BLESSED TO WATCH IT HAPPEN! CONGRATS!
@DylanSmith0012 @VASJFootball @Mike_Forman24

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Kelvin Sampson explains what great coaching looks like and why coaching is really teaching.

"What is it that you learned new today? Write it down so you don't forget it."

"Make a list of the things you learned. Then go find an assistant coach tomorrow and say, 'Here's the things I learned today. Can you show me what coach meant with video?'"

Learn how your players best learn and meet them where they are.

"Coach's job is to figure out who learns at what rate. There's nothing wrong with any rate they learn."

Then he dropped the line every coach needs to hear:
"Nothing's ever been learned until it's been taught. And nothing's ever been taught until it's been learned."

"Our job is not coaching. You coach during a game. But in practice every day, you're a teacher."

"Our job is to teach these kids to the best of our abilities and help them learn."

This is what great coaching looks like.

The best coaches are teachers first.
(🎥 @ChrisYBaldwin)

[OLCoachRosen @OLCoachRosen]

Just gonna leave this here

[Ohio State Football @OhioStateFB]

THE Most All-Time 1st Round Draft Picks‼️

#DevelopedHere

[Eleven Warriors @11W]

Ohio State is the first school in 59 years to have four players selected in the first top 11 picks of the same NFL draft.

Ohio State is the first school EVER to have three defensive players drafted in the top 11 picks in an NFL draft. https://t.co/gDWeF1p4gX

[FOX College Football @CFBONFOX]

First-Round Buckeyes 🌰🔥

@OhioStateFB x @NFLonFOX

[Ohio State Football @OhioStateFB]

THE only program to ever do it.

@sonnystyles_ x @arvxll

[ESPN College Football @ESPNCFB]

FIVE IN A ROW 😲

Ohio State WRs are different 🔥

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!! 🔥🔥🔥

[Bo Jackson @BoJackson2025]

🅾️🌰🏈
#BuckeyeNation
#Year2Loading #TheBrotherHood

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

Strong💪🏾smart📚athletic⛹🏽lineman who plays w/strong hands & aggression!!! Senior SZN loading...LETS GO @AntonioHodges09

[Antonio Hodges Jr @AntonioHodges09]

Coaches get at me I'm a dog film don't lie!

6’3 250 EDGE

3.2 GPA
26 tackles
11 assist
11 pressures
8 TFL
5 sacks
2 PBU
1 FR

https://t.co/v8qX27Sa8C

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

@CoachLync BAMA

[Nick Patterson @St_Nick86]

Adversity builds champions

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Sean McVay shares a universal truth about adversity and resilience.

"You're either in it, you're coming out of it, or you're gonna go back into it in a short period of time."

That's the reality. Adversity isn't a one-time event - it's a cycle.

"The separator is people's ability to handle that. How long can you stay in some of those uncomfortable spots and knowing that real growth is occurring?"

The question isn't whether adversity will come. Because it will.

The question is: can you stay in the discomfort long enough to grow from it?

"Adversity's inevitable. That's what's so great about sports. We learn so many things that test you in ways that are reflective of what you go through in a bunch of different arenas."

You don't grow despite adversity - you grow because of it.

The best aren't fearless - they just keep showing up.
(🎥@pureathleteinc )