Bio

Randall H. Patterson

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (1966-1968) / Baseball
Biloxi, Mississippi

Representative Randall H. Patterson, District 115, of Biloxi, attended the Jefferson Davis Campus in fall 1966 and fall 1967 and the Perkinston Campus in spring 1967 and spring 1968. While at the Perkinston Campus, he played baseball for Coach Ken Farris and the team won the Mississippi Association of Junior Colleges championship both years he played. Patterson was awarded a scholarship to Bellhaven College and pursued his bachelor’s degree in health, physical education and recreation, but transferred to The University of Southern Mississippi in 1971 to receive his bachelor’s degree. He completed a double master’s degree in P.E. and school administration in 1979 at William Carey University. He worked with his father, A.H. “Lank” Patterson, at their mechanical contracting company until 2004 when he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives.