Texas Christian University features 18 varsity sports teams. The school's mascot is the
Horned Frog and its women's athletics teams are referred to often as the Lady Frogs. They participate in the
NCAA's Division I and in the Div I-Bowl Sub-Division for football competing in the
Mountain West Conference . The University's current athletic director is
Dr. Daniel Morrison .
Texas Christian University began its athletic life as an independent program with a six-year (1914-1920) stint in the
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association before eventually joining its longtime home, the
Southwest Conference (SWC), in
1923 . TCU remained a member of the SWC until it disbanded after the 1994-1995 academic year because of
Texas ,
Texas A&M ,
Texas Tech and
Baylor defecting to the
Big 8 Conference to form the
Big 12 Conference . An earlier defection in 1992 by
Arkansas to the
Southeastern Conference also helped break up the former SWC. The Horned Frogs, without a conference to call home after 72 years, joined the
Western Athletic Conference (WAC), along with SMU and Rice. TCU called the WAC home from 1996 through 2000. In 2001, TCU joined
Conference USA (CUSA) and remained there through 2004. TCU joined its current home of the Mountain West Conference (MWC) in 2005.
See Also: TCU Horned Frogs football
The revival of TCU football began under the watch of
TCU has 36 1st team All-Americans, listed at
TCU Horned Frogs Football . The school's most famous past players include
Rags Matthews ,
Sammy Baugh ,
Davey O'Brien (a
Heisman Trophy winner, and namesake of the
Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award ),
Johnny Vaught (later one of the most celebrated coaches of the
University Of Mississippi ),
Ki Aldrich ,
Darrell Lester ,
Jim Swink ,
Sonny Gibbs ,
Bob Lilly ,
Kenneth Davis , and 2006-07
NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson . TCU's most successful head coaches include
Matty Bell ,
L.D. "Dutch" Meyer ,
Abe Martin ,
Dennis Franchione , and current coach
Gary Patterson .
Matthews ,
Baugh ,
O'Brien ,
Aldrich ,
Lester ,
Swink ,
Lilly , and
Dutch Meyer are all members of the
College Football Hall Of Fame .
Baugh and
Lilly are also members of the
Pro Football Hall Of Fame .
The TCU Football team plays its games in
Amon G. Carter Stadium . The stadium opened in
1930 and holds 44,008.
Amon G. Carter Stadium
See Also: TCU Horned Frogs baseball
TCU has fielded a baseball team since 1896, before the school found its home in . The Frogs went 17-5 in their first year in the MWC and never left first place. They also only had to play 3 games in the conference tournament to win the MWC Tournament Title to complement the regular season title. 2006 MWC Final Standings 2006 MWC Tournament Title Press Release
TCU has made six appearances in the NCAA Baseball Tournament : 1956, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007. TCU Baseball 2006 Media Guide TCU Baseball p.90-91, 99
TCU has 23 All-Americans, 6 Freshman All-Americans, 3 players of the year awards, and 2 pitchers of the year not to mention countless All-Conference selections.
The TCU Baseball Team makes its home in Lupton Stadium . It is located on the campus of TCU , and it holds 3,500 patrons.
has played since the 1908-1909 season. That first year they entered the
Waco City League and left with a record of 2-3, losing to the
Baylor teams and defeating the
Waco High teams.
The Horned Frogs played basketball in the . During the 1997-98 season under Coach
Billy Tubbs , the team went 27-6 and 14-0 in
WAC play. The team earned a trip to the
Midwest Regional played in
Oklahoma City ,
OK . They would lose in the first round to
Florida State . TCU never won a title during their time in
Conference USA and have not won a conference title in their current conference, the
Mountain West Conference .
TCU's other NCAA tournament appearances occurred in six times --
1983 ,
1986 ,
1992 ,
1997 ,
1999 and
2005 . They advanced to the quarterfinal round three times --
1983 ,
1999 and
2005 , but have never earned a birth to play in the semifinal round in
Madison Square Garden 2005-06 TCU Men's Basketball Media Guide p115-117.
The TCU Men's Basketball Team is currently coached by
Neil Dougherty who was hired in 2002.
The TCU Men's Basketball Team plays their home games in
Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on the campus of TCU.
The sported their first women's basketball team in the 1977-78 season, in which
TCU boasted a 5-18 record. The Lady Frogs improved significantly in the following year, going 19-8. Current coach
Jeff Mittie has been the coach of the team since the
1999 -
00 season. During the
2000 -
01 season, the Lady Frogs won their first regular season and conference championship at the
WAC Tournament. The Lady Frogs would match that accomplishment the very next season their first season in
Conference USA during the
2001 -
2002 season. They then proceeded to win the
C-USA tournament in
2002 -
03 and
2004 -
05 . Of the four years the Lady Frogs were in
C-USA , they would win the conference title 4 out of 5 years.
2005-06 TCU Women's Media Guide p. 136
TCU has also reached the
Women's NCAA Tournament for an outstanding six consecutive years, stretching back to the
2000-01 season. Each year, the Lady Frogs have won their first game of the tournament and lost the second game, except for a first-round loss to Oregon State in 2005.
The Lady Frogs also share
Daniel-Meyer Coliseum with the men's team, playing under the roof there for the entire history of the program.
The tournament, a first for a TCU Volleyball team. 2005 the Horned Frog Volleyball team saw their first year in the
Mountain West Conference . The team finished the season 16-18 and were seeded 8th in the conference tournament. They defeated the #9 seed,
Air Force , in the play-in match 3-1. The Frogs then fell to the top seeded
BYU 3-0 in the quarterfinals round. 2006 the Frogs recorded a 17-15 record and were the sixth seed in the
MWC tournament. They would eventually lose to
Colorado State University 3-1. The 2006 season would mark the Horned Frogs third winning season in four years.
TCU Women's Volleyball Press Release ''Frogs Season Comes to an End''
The plays their home games in the '''Student Recreation Center''' on the campus of
TCU .
The Men's and Women's Cross Country teams compete in the
Mountain West Conference . For purposes of qualifying for the
NCAA Men's and
Women's Cross Country Championships, the compete in the '''South Central Regional''' while the rest of the conference competes in the '''Rocky Mountain Regional'''.
From
2003 -
2005 the sent a runner to the NCAA Men's or Women's Cross Country Championships.
The Cross Country team is coached by
Eric Heins .
In December 2005 it was announced that starting in the 2006-2007 academic year women's equestrian would become a varsity sport sponsored by TCU. The NCAA designated equestrian as an emerging sport in 1998, and there are currently 23 intercollegiate programs in NCAA Division I and II. Programs in the region include Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, SMU, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M and West Texas A&M. Intercollegiate equestrian programs support an average of 70 student-athletes.
The team is lead by 20-year Head Coach
Bill Montigel . During his tenure, Coach Montigel guided the '''Men’s Golf Team''' to five consecutive conference titles from 2001-2005 between the Horned Frog’s time in the
WAC and
MWC . Since 1990, the Horned Frogs have qualified as a team to the
NCAA South Central Regional every year. In ten of those years, the team moved on to the
NCAA Championships . One of the most notable TCU Men’s Golf Alumnus is
J.J. Henry who was a member of the United States team during the
2006 Ryder Cup . The TCU golf team practices at the Colonial Golf & Country Club.
In 1983, the team accounted for the school's lone national championship outside of football. Currently the women's golf team is lead by Head Coach ,
Angela Stanford ,
Brooke Tull &
D'Rae Ward . TCU practices at the
Colonial Country Club .
In 1986, the TCU Women's Soccer team played its first season.
TCU Women's Soccer Media Guide The coach of the Horned Frogs is
Dan Abdalla who is has now coached at TCU for two seasons. The women's soccer team plays their home matches at
Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium which seats 1,500.
The team yet to win a conference championship in its first 20 seasons, but with the recent building of the soccer stadium in 2000 and adding lights to the field in 2006, the school has shown a commitment to the program.
The coach of the is meet in
Houston, Texas .
All home meets are located in the on the campus of
TCU .
Source:
2006-07 TCU Swimming Media Guide p. 48
Source:
2006-07 TCU Swimming Media Guide p. 49
The teams play their home matches at the .
The team is coached by Tournament Champions.
2005-06 MWC List of Champions
The team is coached by
Jefferson Hammond . They are the 2005-2006
Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament champions.
The Horned Frog first appeared in 1897 on the cover of the first AddRan yearbook. By 1915, the mascot made its way onto the first TCU seal. During the post-WWII years, the Horned Frog Mascot was embraced in costume, on stationery, class rings and the band's bass drum. In 1979 the mascot was renamed from ''Addy the All-American Frog'' to ''
Super Frog ''.
TCU Magazine ''Frog of Ages'' Fall 2001.
Academic Verse:
Hail all hail, TCU
Memories Sweet, Comrades True
Light of Faith, Follow Through
Praise to Thee, TCU
Athletic Verse:
Hail all hail, Glory bright
Purple Frogs, Honor White
Victory, Spirits True
Praise to Thee, TCU
Verse:
We'll raise a song, both loud and long
To cheer our team to victory
For TCU, so tried and true,
We pledge eternal loyalty.
Rah, Rah, TCU!
Rah, Rah, TCU!
Fight on boys, fight, with all your might
Roll up the scores for TCU
Hail white and purple flag whose heroes never lag,
Horned Frog, we are all for you!
Chant:
F-R-O-G-S F-I-G-H-T
Purple, White, Horned Frogs Fight
Victory, Victory, Right, Right, Right
Rah, Rah TCU! Rah, Rah, TCU
F-R-O-G-S F-I-G-H-T
Go, Go, Horned Frogs Go
TCU Frogs Fight
Rif Ram:
Riff, Ram, Bah Zoo
Lickety, Lickety, Zoo, Zoo
Who, Wah, Wah, Who
Give 'em hell, TCU
