School security officer on TV show, Big Loser www.privateofficer.com
Hollywood California Dec. 28, 2007
Unlike most TV game show contestants, Trent Patterson hopes to come home a loser -- a big loser.
Patterson, an Endicott resident and security coordinator at Chenango Valley Middle School-High School, is one of 20 semi-finalists divided into 10 teams scheduled to compete in the upcoming fifth season of NBC's weight-lost show The Biggest Loser.
Patterson, 39, entered the competition at 440 pounds, according to the program's Web site. His teammate on the reality show will be a former football colleague at the University of Alabama, Roger Shultz, 40, who started the competition at 375 pounds. Both were linemen for the Crimson Tide football team; Patterson from 1988 to 1990.
Actually, the show started taping several weeks ago. Patterson left Endicott in mid-October and is secluded somewhere on the West Coast -- an highly secretive location unknown even to his wife, Michele Patterson, who cannot contact her husband except for an emergency. A confidentially agreement prohibits him from talking about anything related to the program.
During a weekend visit to celebrate Christmas with his family, Trent Patterson was tight-lipped about what's happened on the program so far, although those who know and saw him observed a definite weight loss.
Patterson visited Chenango Valley, where students held a pep rally Friday to show support for the popular security guard. "He's an engaging personality. Students and staff are every excited and supportive of his efforts," said CV Superintendent Carmen Ciullo. "He was not allowed to talk about the program."
When NBC airs this season's two-hour premier at 8 p.m. New Year's Day, Michele Patterson, school colleagues and students will find out for the first time exactly how much weight Trent Patterson has shed in early stages of the weight loss contest, which is supervised by professional trainers who coordinate diet and extensive workout regimens for contestants. The program can be seen on WBGH-TV, which is cable channel 5 in the Binghamton area.
"Definitely, this is something that's going to be good for him," said Michele Patterson. "He wanted to be a positive role model for the students." Among the items on his athletic resume, Patterson has been an assistant football coach at Chenango Valley, as well as a strength and conditioning coach for Chenango Forks' football program.
Even if Patterson, who's been on an unpaid leave from his duties at CV, and Shultz, from Enterprise, Ala., fail to win the grand prize, they still win by losing weight. If the two teammates really win, first prize is $250,000.
"They talk about their football training camp like they've been through war," notes Patterson's profile on www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser_5. "You can tell he will be a fierce co-competitor
Patterson, an Endicott resident and security coordinator at Chenango Valley Middle School-High School, is one of 20 semi-finalists divided into 10 teams scheduled to compete in the upcoming fifth season of NBC's weight-lost show The Biggest Loser.
Patterson, 39, entered the competition at 440 pounds, according to the program's Web site. His teammate on the reality show will be a former football colleague at the University of Alabama, Roger Shultz, 40, who started the competition at 375 pounds. Both were linemen for the Crimson Tide football team; Patterson from 1988 to 1990.
Actually, the show started taping several weeks ago. Patterson left Endicott in mid-October and is secluded somewhere on the West Coast -- an highly secretive location unknown even to his wife, Michele Patterson, who cannot contact her husband except for an emergency. A confidentially agreement prohibits him from talking about anything related to the program.
During a weekend visit to celebrate Christmas with his family, Trent Patterson was tight-lipped about what's happened on the program so far, although those who know and saw him observed a definite weight loss.
Patterson visited Chenango Valley, where students held a pep rally Friday to show support for the popular security guard. "He's an engaging personality. Students and staff are every excited and supportive of his efforts," said CV Superintendent Carmen Ciullo. "He was not allowed to talk about the program."
When NBC airs this season's two-hour premier at 8 p.m. New Year's Day, Michele Patterson, school colleagues and students will find out for the first time exactly how much weight Trent Patterson has shed in early stages of the weight loss contest, which is supervised by professional trainers who coordinate diet and extensive workout regimens for contestants. The program can be seen on WBGH-TV, which is cable channel 5 in the Binghamton area.
"Definitely, this is something that's going to be good for him," said Michele Patterson. "He wanted to be a positive role model for the students." Among the items on his athletic resume, Patterson has been an assistant football coach at Chenango Valley, as well as a strength and conditioning coach for Chenango Forks' football program.
Even if Patterson, who's been on an unpaid leave from his duties at CV, and Shultz, from Enterprise, Ala., fail to win the grand prize, they still win by losing weight. If the two teammates really win, first prize is $250,000.
"They talk about their football training camp like they've been through war," notes Patterson's profile on www.nbc.com/The_Biggest_Loser_5. "You can tell he will be a fierce co-competitor
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