Gary Allen Patterson is an American football coach and former player. He was most recently the special assistant to the head coach at the University of Texas. He is the former head football coach at Texas Christian University and the coach with the most wins in Horned Frogs' history. Patterson led the TCU Horned Frogs to six conference championships—one Conference USA title in 2002; four Mountain West Conference titles in 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011; —and eleven bowl game victories—including victories in the 2011 Rose Bowl and 2014 Peach Bowl. His 2010 squad finished the season undefeated at 13–0 after a 21–19 Rose Bowl victory over the Wisconsin Badgers on New Year's Day 2011, and ranked second in the final tallying of both major polls.
Drew Antrion Coleman is a former American football cornerback. After playing college football for Texas Christian, he was selected by the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played for the Jets for five seasons from 2006 to 2010 and the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2011.
John Michael Toudouze is a former American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at TCU.
Tommy Earl Blake, Jr. is a former American football defensive end who played college football at Texas Christian University.
The TCU Horned Frogs are the athletic teams that represent Texas Christian University. The 18 varsity teams participate in NCAA Division I and in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for football, competing mostly in the Big 12 Conference. The school was a founding member of the Southwest Conference and was a member of the Western Athletic Conference, Conference USA (C-USA), and the Mountain West Conference before joining the Big 12. Two TCU teams participate outside the Big 12 in sports not sponsored by that conference. The rifle team competes in the Patriot Rifle Conference, and the beach volleyball team moved to C-USA for 2023–24 after having been in the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association.
The TCU Horned Frogs football team represents Texas Christian University (TCU) in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The Horned Frogs play their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on the TCU campus in Fort Worth. TCU began playing football in 1896 and has been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2012.
The TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represents Texas Christian University in NCAA Division I baseball. The Frogs have competed in the Big 12 Conference since 2013 and previously competed in the Mountain West, Conference USA, Western Athletic Conference and Southwest Conference. Since February 2003, the Horned Frogs have played their home games at Lupton Stadium, located on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The Frogs are led by head coach Kirk Saarloos.
The 2007 Texas Christian Horned Frog football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Patterson, who took over the program in December 2000. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth.
Jason Wesley Phillips is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian University (TCU).
Aaron Brown is a former American football running back. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL draft. He played at the collegiate level for Texas Christian University (TCU). He recorded a 10.45 100-meter dash time on the track, one of the fastest prep times in the nation in 2004.
Zarnell Stephen Fitch is an American football coach and former player. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2006, spent time with two other NFL teams and played in several other professional leagues. He is currently the Defensive Line Coach at Texas Tech Red Raiders football.
Jerry Ray Hughes Jr. is an American football defensive end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU, where he was twice recognized as a consensus All-American before being selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Hughes previously played for the Buffalo Bills, with whom he played the majority of his pro career.
Robert Henson is a former American football linebacker. He was selected by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at TCU.
Blake Schlueter is a former American football center. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at TCU.
TCU Diamond was a ballpark located on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, and was the home of the TCU Horned Frogs baseball program for four decades. The ballpark hosted 1,480 TCU baseball games over 41 years; in the time the Horned Frogs posted an overall 867–605–8 home record. The Horned Frogs won Southwest Conference regular season championships in 1963, 1966, 1967, 1972, and 1994 while calling the TCU Diamond home. During the TCU Diamond era, the Horned Frogs played in the Southwest Conference (SWC) (1962–1996), Western Athletic Conference (WAC) (1997–2001), and Conference USA (CUSA) (2002). After the opening of Lupton Stadium, the Frogs would go on to achieve a decade of unprecedented success under head coach Jim Schlossnagle in CUSA (2003–2005), the Mountain West Conference (MWC) (2006–2012), and the Big 12 Conference (2013–). In the first 13 years after the closing of the TCU Diamond, TCU baseball won 10 CUSA, MWC and Big 12 regular season conference championships, 7 CUSA, MWC and Big 12 conference tournament championships, appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments, won 5 NCAA Tournament Regional championships, and advanced to the program's first 3 College World Series, making the CWS semifinal round in two of those three trips.
Dick G. Bumpas is a retired American football coach and former player. He was an All-American defensive tackle at Arkansas and an assistant football coach at several college football programs, most notably an 11-year stint as the defensive coordinator at TCU.
The 2016 Texas Christian Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 121st TCU football team played as a member of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The Horned Frogs were led by 16th-year head coach Gary Patterson, the winningest coach in TCU football history. They finished the season 6–7, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the Liberty Bowl where they lost to Georgia.
Jalen Armand Reagor is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings.
Lawrence Edward "L. J." Collier Jr. is an American football defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU, and was drafted by the Seahawks in the 1st round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
Jeremy Modkins is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the Cornerbacks Coach at TCU, his alma mater.