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Bio: Pat begins his 16th year on the Bears staff. Knowles has served as the recruiting coordinator for the past 13 seasons and oversees the entire recruiting process as well as coaching the tight ends.

Knowles entered the Coast Guard Academy from Missouri and graduated in 1983 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. While a cadet, he was a four-year letterwinner in both football and wrestling.

His Coast Guard assignments have taken him to Hawaii (twice), Washington, D.C. and the engineering graduate school in Michigan.

He is retired from the Coast Guard and is an assistant professor at Three Rivers Community College.

Pat and his wife Ann reside in Norwich with their children Mark (23), Lydia (21), Lauren (12) and Julia (7).