Bio

Patrick Nee enters his 4th year with the Saints in 2016-2017 after spending four seasons as the Head Coach at Independence Community College. 

Last season, Nee watched as sophomore Niem Stevenson put together another spectacular season for the Saints, earning 1st Team NJCAA All-American honors.  Stevenson became a member of the prestigious 1,000 point club at Seward and climbed up the ladder to #4 on the all-time scoring list before signing at Texas Tech University.  

In his first season with the Saints, Nee helped lead Seward County to a Jayhawk West Championship and a trip to the Region VI Semifinals.  The Saints finished the year 23-10 overall and 11-3 in Jayhawk West play, winning 19 of their final 23 games of the season.  Nee recruited and coached the Jayhawk West Freshman of the Year in Niem Stevenson as well as the Jayhawk West Defensive Player of the Year in Secean Johnson.  

At Independence Nee led the Pirates to a 77-50 overall record in his four seasons at the helm while Indy recorded a 48-24 conference record and never finished lower than third place in the Jayhawk East. Last season, the Pirates finished 17-15 overall and tied for third place in the Jayhawk East before seeing their season come to an end in the Greenhouse with a loss to the Saints.

In his four seasons at Independence, Nee coached a Jayhawk East Most Valuable Player, a Freshman of the Year, three 1st Team All-Conference selections and a pair of 2nd Team All-League picks. He has moved nine players onto NCAA Division I level and 16 on to Division II or NAIA colleges or universities.

Nee began his coaching career at Central Florida Community College in Ocala, Florida.   After a year there he served as an Assistant Coach at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia.  Under Nee's direction, Hargrave won the National Prep School Championship and sent nine players on to NCAA Division I level.

The majority of Nee's coaching career has been spent in the Jayhawk Conference however. He served as assistant coach at Independence from 2004-06 and was the Head Coach at Highland from 2006-2009.  In 2005-2006, Independence posted a 30-4 record and were ranked in the top 10 nationally before falling in the Region VI Championship Game.  In 2009, he guided Highland to their first ever national ranking as the Scotties finished second in the Division II ranks in Region VI.

Overall, Nee has sent 25 players to the Division I level including players who have signed in power conferences such as the ACC, Big 12, Big East, SEC, Pac 12, Atlantic 10, Conference USA, and the Mountain West.

His Head Coaching record stands at 109-111 overall and his Jayhawk Conference record sits at 62-64 in seven seasons in the league.

Prior to coaching, Nee started his collegiate playing career at Monmouth University and later transferred to Johnson County Community College where he earned an Associate’s Degree. He finished his playing days at Central Oklahoma where he graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree.  He recently earned his Master's in Coaching Education from Ohio University. 

Nee's father Danny, is a long time college basketball coach who has accumulated 461 career wins between stops at Ohio, Nebraska, Robert Morris, Duquense, and the United States Merchant Marines Academy.  While at Nebraska, Nee compiled a 254-190 mark for the Huskers, leading them to five NCAA Tournament apperances.  

Nee and his wife Nicole, have a son, Donovan (9), and a daughter Fallon who was born in April 2016.

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