It has been a wild ride, that’s for sure.
Arriving in Fort Worth as defensive coordinator under Dennis Franchione in 1998, Gary Patterson has completely changed the fortunes of TCU Football both as a member of someone else’s staff and the head coach of the program (since 2001).
The Frogs went from 1-10 in 1997 to 10-2 in the year that the whistle changed hands from Fran to GP, and since his first full season in the fall of 2001, the Horned Frogs have averaged nine wins a season and hit double digits 11 times. The Frogs have won titles in four different conferences, remodeled their football stadium twice, and seen new student applications rise from around 6,000 a year to nearly 25,000.