Pat spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, two as a minor league catcher and five in the front office. He then spent three years in the Minnesota Twins organization before moving to the NBA. Since 1968, he has been affiliated with teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia (including the 1983 World Champion 76ers), and now the Orlando Magic which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 1995. Twenty-three of his teams have gone to the NBA playoffs, and five of them have made the NBA finals. Twelve of Pat's former players have become NBA Head Coaches and seventeen have become assistant coaches.

Pat helps teach an adult Sunday school class at First Baptist Church of Orlando and hosts a weekly sports radio show and a weekly Christian radio show. In the last six years, he has completed 32 marathons, inlcuding the Boston Marathon 10 times, and also climbed Mt. Rainier. Every winter he plays in Major League Fantasy Camps and has caught Hall of Famers, Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Fergie Jenkins, Rollie Fingers, Gaylord Perry, Phil Niekro and Tom Seaver.