University of Georgia Athletics
Men's Basketball
Pat Blake
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- pblake@sports.uga.edu
Patrick Blake joined the Georgia Bulldogs in the summer of 2023 as an assistant coach after enjoying success at every stop of his college coaching career.
Before joining the Bulldogs, Blake served as an assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky from 2019-23 and at Coastal Carolina from 2015-19. Over 11 seasons as a Division I assistant, Blake's teams have earned seven postseason bids and reached the 20-win plateau seven times. During Blake's tenure, all three programs established their single-season records for points scored. He also enjoyed a stellar run at Chipola College, including leading the Indians to the “Elite Eight” of the 2014 NJCAA Tournament.
In Blake's three seasons in Athens, Georgia has enjoyed historic success. The Bulldogs have recorded three consecutive 20-win campaigns, just the third time they've done so in 121 seasons of play. Georgia has secured back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids in 2025 and 2026, the fourth time the program has done so.
Georgia has shown consistent growth with Blake on staff. In 2023-24, the Bulldogs earned their first postseason bid since 2017 and while advancing the NIT semifinals, posted their first 20-win campaign since 2016. The following year, Georgia earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in a decade. The 2025-26 season was a record-setting effort for the Bulldogs as Georgia won a school-record 22 regular-season games while also shattering its previous bests for offensive production both overall (2,951 points) and per game (89.4 ppg).
The Bulldogs finished the season ranked No. 5 nationally in scoring offense (89.4 ppg), largely due to leading the country in fastbreak scoring (19.8 ppg) and ranking No. 5 in bench points (34.7 ppg).
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 (4) and Brady (3).
Before joining the Bulldogs, Blake served as an assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky from 2019-23 and at Coastal Carolina from 2015-19. Over 11 seasons as a Division I assistant, Blake's teams have earned seven postseason bids and reached the 20-win plateau seven times. During Blake's tenure, all three programs established their single-season records for points scored. He also enjoyed a stellar run at Chipola College, including leading the Indians to the “Elite Eight” of the 2014 NJCAA Tournament.
In Blake's three seasons in Athens, Georgia has enjoyed historic success. The Bulldogs have recorded three consecutive 20-win campaigns, just the third time they've done so in 121 seasons of play. Georgia has secured back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids in 2025 and 2026, the fourth time the program has done so.
Georgia has shown consistent growth with Blake on staff. In 2023-24, the Bulldogs earned their first postseason bid since 2017 and while advancing the NIT semifinals, posted their first 20-win campaign since 2016. The following year, Georgia earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in a decade. The 2025-26 season was a record-setting effort for the Bulldogs as Georgia won a school-record 22 regular-season games while also shattering its previous bests for offensive production both overall (2,951 points) and per game (89.4 ppg).
The Bulldogs finished the season ranked No. 5 nationally in scoring offense (89.4 ppg), largely due to leading the country in fastbreak scoring (19.8 ppg) and ranking No. 5 in bench points (34.7 ppg).
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 (4) and Brady (3).
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