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TCU Football Coaches
Career records, seasons, ranked finishes, quality scores, and profile links for coaches connected to TCU.
- Indexed coaches
- 26
- Coach seasons
- 209
- Wins leader
- Gary Patterson
Coach record table
Sorted by career wins among coaches with at least one indexed game and one indexed season.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Top-10 Finishes | Peak SRS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Patterson Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 2000-2021 · 22 seasons | 181-79 | 69.6% | 6 | 26.8 |
| Madison Bell Peak Dominator, Volatile Builder | 1923-1949 · 23 seasons | 136-78-16 | 62.6% | 2 | 26.0 |
| Francis Schmidt Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1922-1942 · 21 seasons | 135-53-9 | 70.8% | 0 | 25.1 |
| Dennis Franchione Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 1992-2015 · 20 seasons | 127-111 | 53.4% | 0 | 17.7 |
| Dutch Meyer Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1934-1952 · 19 seasons | 109-79-13 | 57.5% | 1 | 23.6 |
| Sonny Dykes Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 2010-2025 · 15 seasons | 107-79 | 57.5% | 1 | 16.7 |
| Abe Martin Peak Dominator, Longevity Coach | 1953-1966 · 14 seasons | 74-64-7 | 53.4% | 3 | 25.8 |
| Jerry Kill Longevity Coach, Journeyman | 2008-2023 · 11 seasons | 71-58 | 55.0% | 0 | 8.0 |
| Jim Wacker Longevity Coach, Offense-First | 1983-1996 · 14 seasons | 56-97-2 | 36.8% | 0 | 5.6 |
| F Dry Longevity Coach | 1972-1982 · 11 seasons | 43-69-4 | 38.8% | 0 | 7.8 |
| Jim Pittman Defense-First | 1966-1971 · 6 seasons | 24-33-2 | 42.4% | 0 | 11.2 |
| Pat Sullivan Balanced | 1992-1997 · 6 seasons | 24-42-1 | 36.6% | 0 | 0.0 |
| Fred Taylor Defense-First | 1967-1970 · 4 seasons | 15-25-1 | 37.8% | 0 | 5.9 |
| Bill Driver Balanced | 1920-1921 · 2 seasons | 15-4-1 | 77.5% | 0 | -11.8 |
| Milton Daniel Balanced | 1916-1917 · 2 seasons | 14-4-1 | 76.3% | 0 | 11.5 |
| JR Langley Balanced | 1908-1909 · 2 seasons | 11-5-1 | 67.7% | 0 | 9.5 |
| Billy Tohill Balanced | 1971-1973 · 3 seasons | 11-15 | 42.3% | 0 | 4.5 |
| EJ Hyde Balanced | 1905-1907 · 3 seasons | 10-11-2 | 47.8% | 0 | -8.7 |
| Daddy Boles Balanced | 1914-1917 · 2 seasons | 7-9-3 | 44.7% | 0 | -11.0 |
| EM Tipton Balanced | 1918-1918 · 1 seasons | 4-3 | 57.1% | 0 | - |
| Ewing Freeland Balanced | 1915-1915 · 1 seasons | 4-5 | 44.4% | 0 | -19.3 |
| John McKnight Balanced | 1922-1922 · 1 seasons | 2-5-3 | 35.0% | 0 | -3.8 |
| Jim Shofner Defense-First | 1974-1976 · 3 seasons | 2-31 | 6.1% | 0 | -4.8 |
| Kemp Lewis Balanced | 1910-1910 · 1 seasons | 2-6-1 | 27.8% | 0 | -15.7 |
| TD Hackney Balanced | 1919-1919 · 1 seasons | 1-7 | 12.5% | 0 | -18.9 |
| CE Cronk Balanced | 1904-1904 · 1 seasons | 1-4-1 | 25.0% | 0 | -22.5 |