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List of TCU Horned Frogs head football coaches

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Sonny Dykes in a vest at a press conference.
Sonny Dykes has served as head coach of the Horned Frogs since 2022.

The TCU Horned Frogs college football team represents Texas Christian University (TCU) in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12). The Horned Frogs compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 31 head coaches, and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1896 season. Since November 2021, Sonny Dykes has served as head coach at TCU.[1]

Eight coaches have led TCU in postseason bowl games: William L. Driver, Dutch Meyer, Abe Martin, Jim Wacker, Pat Sullivan, Dennis Franchione, Gary Patterson, and Dykes. Seven of those coaches also won conference championships: Driver captured one as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Francis Schmidt captured two, Meyer three, Martin three, and Sullivan one as a member of the Southwest Conference; Franchione captured two as a member of the Western Athletic Conference; Patterson captured one as a member of Conference USA, four as a member of the Mountain West Conference, and one as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Patterson is the leader in seasons coached with 21 years as head coach and games won with 181. Willis T. Stewart has the highest winning percentage at 0.889. Jim Shofner has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.061. Of the 31 different head coaches who have led the Horned Frogs, Matty Bell, Schmidt, Meyer, and Sullivan have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Key

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Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name
[A 6]
Season(s)
[A 7]
GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC NC Awards
1 Joe J. Field 1897 4 3 1 0 0.750
2 James Morrison 1898 5 1 3 1 0.300
3 H. E. Hildebrand 1902 6 0 5 1 0.083
4 C. E. Cronk 1904 6 1 4 1 0.250
5 Emory J. Hyde 1905–1907 23 10 11 2 0.478
6 Jesse R. Langley 1908–1909 17 11 5 1 0.676 2 0 0 1.000 0
7 Kemp Lewis 1910 9 2 6 1 0.278 0 1 0 .000 0
8 Henry W. Lever 1911 9 4 5 0 0.444 0 3 0 .000 0
9 Willis T. Stewart 1912 9 8 1 0 0.889 3 0 0 1.000 0
10 Fred Cahoon 1913 8 5 2 1 0.688
11 Stanley A. Boles 1914 10 4 4 2 0.500 2 2 0 0.500 0
12 Ewing Y. Freeland 1915 9 4 5 0 0.444 2 0 0 1.000 0
13 Milton Daniel 1916–1917 19 14 4 1 0.763 5 0 0 1.000 0
14 Ernest M. Tipton 1918 7 4 3 0 0.571 2 0 0 1.000 0
15 Ted D. Hackney 1919 8 1 7 0 0.125 1 4 0 0.200 0
16 William L. Driver 1920–1921 19 14 4 1 0.763 5 1 0 0.833 0 1 0 1
17 John McKnight 1922 10 2 5 3 0.350 0 3 2 0.200 0 0 0 0
18 Matty Bell 1923–1928 55 33 17 5 0.645 10 11 5 0.481 0 0 0 0
19 Francis Schmidt 1929–1933 57 46 6 5 0.851 22 5 2 0.793 0 0 0 2
20 Dutch Meyer 1934–1952 201 109 79 13 0.575 57 46 9 0.549 3 4 0 3 2
1935
1938
21 Abe Martin 1953–1966 145 74 64 7 0.534 46 42 3 0.522 1 3 1 3 0
22 Fred Taylor 1967–1970 41 15 25 1 0.378 13 15 0 0.464 0 0 0 0 0
23 Jim Pittman 1971 7 3 3 1 0.500 2 1 0 0.667 0 0 0 0 0
24 Billy Tohill 1971–1973 26 11 15 0 0.423 6 7 0 0.462 0 0 0 0 0
25 Jim Shofner 1974–1976 33 2 31 0 0.061 1 21 0 0.045 0 0 0 0 0
26 F. A. Dry 1977–1982 66 12 51 3 0.205 6 40 2 0.146 0 0 0 0 0
27 Jim Wacker 1983–1991 100 40 58 2 0.410 21 48 1 0.307 0 1 0 0 0
28 Pat Sullivan 1992–1997 67 24 42 1 0.366 14 30 0 0.318 0 1 0 1 0
29 Dennis Franchione 1998–2000 35 25 10 0.714 16 7 0.696 2 0 2 0
30 Gary Patterson 2000–2021 260 181 79 0.696 113 59 0.657 11 6 6 0 AFCA COY (2009, 2014)
AP COY (2009, 2014)
Bobby Dodd COY (2009)
Eddie Robinson COY (2009, 2014)
George Munger Award (2009)
Liberty Mutual COY (2009)
Sporting News COY (2009, 2014)
Walter Camp COY (2009, 2014)
Home Depot COY (2014)
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2014)
Int. Jerry Kill 2021 4 2 2 0.500 2 2 0.500 0 0 0 0
31 Sonny Dykes 2022–present 27 18 9 0.667 12 6 0.667 1 1 0 0 AFCA COY (2022)
AP COY (2022)
Eddie Robinson COY (2022)
Walter Camp COY (2022)
Sporting News COY (2022)
Home Depot COY (2022)
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2022)

Notes

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  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. ^ TCU did not have a head coach from their 1896, 1899, 1901, and 1903 seasons.
  7. ^ TCU did not field a team for the 1900 season.

References

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  1. ^ Jeyarajah, Shehan (November 30, 2021). "TCU hires Sonny Dykes: What's next as Horned Frogs tab SMU coach to replace Gary Patterson". CBSsports.com. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.