No other school in Dayton City League history has had more logistical and participation challenges implementing inter-scholastic athletics than Patterson. Primarily, because the school's original mission was to educate and prepare its students for future employment careers and to provide the Dayton community with a highly skilled workforce. The experimental student Co-Op Program invented by John Henry Patterson started in 1914 with all classes being held in the Stivers building located at 1313 E. Fifth Street. At the time, there was a separate department in the school equipped for training the students. Co-Op students wishing to participate in athletics had no other option but to join one of the existing Stivers teams. As a result of its success, the program was moved out of Stivers and into the old Parker High School Building located at First and St. Clair Streets in 1929. The school became known as the Dayton Co-Operative High School although it was in the former Parker building. At this same time students incorporated Parker into their cheers and referred to the school as Parker Co-Operative, but the official name was Dayton Co-Operative. While the old Parker building was being torn down in 1952 the school temporarily held classes in Steele High School. The school moved into its new home at First and St. Clair streets on March 24, 1954 and the name was changed to the Patterson Co-operative high school in honor of one of the co-founders - (John H. Patterson). Dayton Cooperative HS was the first school to join the newly formed Big 6 Athletic League in the mid 1930s. As a result, the league name was changed to the Big 7 in 1935. Original league members at the time were Steele, Stivers, Roosevelt, Kiser, Fairview and Chaminade. Due to the stringent academic requirements for admission and the alternating two-week work and school schedules, the Beavers had a very difficult time competing in the league. They often found themselves on the other side of some humiliating defeats such as the one they experienced in 1964 against the Belmont State Championship Basketball Team. But in the mid-late 1960s, things slowly started to change as the school became more integrated. Basketball Coach Robert "Bob" Galbraith and Football Coach Ken Amlin started to field some competitive and very talented teams. Coach Galbraith played on the first Dayton Co-Op team in the 1930s and Coach Amlin came over to Patterson from Roth where he had some very successful seasons there. While at Roth, he won back-to-back City League Football Championships in 1963 & 1964. Patterson won a share of the City League Football Title in 1970 (Roth/Belmont) and in 1971 (Dunbar/Wilbur Wright). In 1975, the Dayton City League approved Basketball/Track for Girls and it didn't take the Patterson Girls Programs long to display their dominance over the next few years. Patterson operated under the name of Stivers-Patterson from 1976-1982. The name change was caused by a court ordered school desegregation plan that resulted in the closing of Stivers High School. In 1976, Girls Track Coach Linda Friedline led the Beavers to the school's first ever State Championship in any sport. Her team finished 9th the year before. Five years later, the Girls Basketball Team under the direction of Coach Marilyn Lovett would finish as State Runner-Ups in 1981. The Girl's team lost in the Regional Finals in 1979. Not to be out done in anyway, both the Boys Basketball and Boys Track Teams were about to make school history themselves. Coach Craig Wallace, who won the State Championship in 1964 by himself while attending Dunbar High School, Boys Team captured the State Championship Title in 1985. Coach Wallace is among a few in Ohio High School Athletic History to win a state title as both a Coach and Player. The Boys Basketball Team remained competitive following the retirement of Coach Galbraith in 1972. In 1985, the team defeated USA Today #1 Ranked Team in the Nation (Alter Knights at U.D. Arena) and in 1995 the team won the school's first and only Boys Basketball League Title. The significance of this accomplishment is that Patterson was the only team in Dayton Public League history to have not won or shared a Basketball league title. Overall, the Beavers captured (2) State Championships, along with (2) Football and (1) Basketball City League Titles. It is also particularly important to note that the school produced several successful & distinguished alumni, faculty, staff, athletes and coaches. Without question, the most accomplished feat of the Patterson Athletic Program was the two State Championship Track Titles won by the Girls and Boys Track Teams in 1976 and 1985 respectively.