Ole Miss Football: The Real Word, Sean Patterson Sr Speaks To OHT

The first time Sean, Sr and I spoke was the morning after spring practice began. He was leaving Oxford, on his way to visit his oldest daughter and her family in San Antonio. When I asked Sean Sr about his trip out to Texas and how much he travels between children spread from Oxford to Biloxi to San Antonio.

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Sean heartily replied, “Man, it’s just what we do. Karen and I try to spend as much time as possible with our kids. We’ve always been a very close family and very supportive of each other. Of course, when they were younger it was a lot easier to manage. Once they got older it became harder but we’ve always managed to stay close even though we may be spread out.”

When I commented about how tough it must be to schedule everything around Shea’s football practices and games. Sean chuckled and replied, “Hey, we’ve been doing this a while. When Sean Jr, or Sean #2 as we call him, was playing for Duquesne, we really began to learn a little bit about scheduling. Gosh, you just do what you have to do as a parent to be there in support of your kids, all of them.”

That in itself, speaks volumes. Period.