TCU Horned Frogs basketball

TCU Horned Frogs basketball history

Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)
Ed & Rae Schollmaier Arena
Big 12 Conference

Current head coach: Jamie Dixon (2016-)

  • Assoc. HC: Tony Benford (2019-)
  • Asst: Duane Broussard (2019-)
  • Asst: Jamie McNeilly (2021-)
  • DBO: Thomas Montigel (2016-)
  • Asst/DPD: Corey Santee (2017-)
  • Asst/Scouting: Michael Rice (2020-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships:  0
  • Final Four Appearances:  0
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  4  (1952, 1953, 1959, 1968)
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  10  (1953, 1959, 1968, 1971, 1987, 1998, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  7-11
  • NIT Championships:  1  (2017)
  • NIT Appearances:  8  (1983, 1986, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2017, 2019)
  • NIT Overall Record:  17-7
  • CBI Appearances:  1  (2012)
  • CBI Overall Record:  1-1

Conference Titles (Southwest, WAC, Conference USA, Mountain West, Big 12):

Award Winners:




TCU head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
Jamie Dixon 2016-Pres 160-110 0 4 0
Trent Johnson 2012-16 50-79 0 0 0
Jim Christian 2008-12 56-73 0 0 0
Neil Dougherty 2002-08 75-108 0 0 0
Billy Tubbs 1994-2002 156-95 1 1 0
Moe Iba 1987-94 96-108 0 0 0
Jim Killingsworth 1979-87 130-106 2 1 0
Tim Somerville 1977-79 10-43 0 0 0
Johnny Swaim 1967-77 102-151 2 2 0
Buster Brannon 1948-67 204-259 4 3 0
Hub McQuillan 1941-48 66-104 0 0 0
Mike Brumbelow 1937-41 22-64 0 0 0
Dutch Meyer 1934-37 10-37 0
Francis Schmidt 1929-34 72-24 2
Matty Bell 1923-29 71-41 0
John McKnight 1922-23 3-13
Bill Driver 1920-22 8-7
T.D. Hackney 1919-20 1-7
Ewing Freeland 1915-16 1-3
Frederick Cahoon 1914-15 11-12

Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions

NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.