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Football Represented the U20 U.S. Tackle National Team Coaching Staff and Roster

Brophy assistant defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Mike Patterson and alum Layton Duncan ‘23 have been selected to represent the country on the U20 U.S. Tackle National Team. The team will compete in the International Federation of American Football’s (IFAF) World Junior Championship from June 20-30 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  

This year’s IFAF World Junior Championship will feature at least seven of the most competitive nations worldwide, including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Panama, and the United States. There is still room for an eighth competitor.  

Patterson was named the defensive backs coach on the eight-man staff, and Duncan will play wide receiver. Duncan recently completed his redshirt freshman season at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He was a three-time letterman in football for Coach Jason Jewell at Brophy College Prep and served as a team captain for the Broncos as a senior in 2022. In his three seasons, he caught 40 passes for 391 yards and had five touchdown receptions.

Patterson has worked closely with USA Football for years as a Master Trainer, certifying coaches and helping run USA Football camps, such as regional events for the U.S. National Team. He was a former U.S. National Team head coach Aaron Ingram’s staff member during the 2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship, which later became the IFAF World Junior Championship. Patterson also assisted the U.S. National Team with five separate International Bowls. 

Patterson also serves as the assistant defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Brophy College Preparatory, where he’s coached since 2015. He has also coached defensive backs and defensive linemen for Brophy.  

Patterson’s playing days trace back to Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., before he attended college in Mexico, where he played college football as a defensive back for Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education at the Campus of Laguna and Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL).  

Patterson is the director and founder of the American Football Association of the State of Coahuila (AFAEC). Through AFAEC, Patterson has helped programs receive equipment donations, access better fields, and open the doors for kids and women to play.  

Patterson played an active role in sanctioning girls’ flag football as a high school sport in Arizona and is the current head coach at Xavier College Preparatory. He currently sits on USA Football’s Girls’ Football Advisory Council to help assist and guide USA Football’s evolving resources and objectives.  

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