Before Matt Patricia was winning Super Bowl's as the defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots, before ever meeting Bill Belichick, Matt Patricia was playing football for Joe King at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Patricia was an offensive lineman that started for two and half years. Following his graduation from RPI he joined the Engineer's staff under King as a graduate assistant. As we approach the Super Bowl and Patricia coaches for his third Super Bowl ring, we reached out to the former RPI football coach of 22 years to get thoughts on his former pupil and what made his different from the rest.

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