Texas Christian University sponsors teams in nine men's and twelve women's
NCAA sanctioned sports.
Football The return of national prominence of TCU football began under the watch of
Dennis Franchione when TCU defeated the
Trojans of USC in the
1998 Sun Bowl. From 1939, the year after TCU's last national championship, to 1997, TCU's record was 314–383–24. In those 67 years, TCU won 6
Southwest Conference titles and attended 11 bowl games winning only one of those games. Since the 1998 season, TCU has won 7 conference titles, two in the
Western Athletic Conference (1999 & 2000), one in
Conference USA (2002), three in the
Mountain West Conference (2005, 2009, and 2010) and the
Big 12 Conference 2014 Co-Championship (with
Baylor University). Since 1998,
TCU has amassed a record of 79–30. In four of the last five years, the Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in a season, and won 11 games in three of the last four. During this period TCU has won games against
Louisville,
Oklahoma,
Texas Tech,
Utah and
BYU. From 1998 to 2006, TCU has attended 8 bowl games, winning five of them. The record of TCU in bowl games as of 2006 is 9–13–1. TCU also claims two national championships from 1935 and 1938. TCU has 41 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,
Norm Bulaich,
Bob Lilly,
Kenneth Davis, 2006–07
NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson and two-time consensus All-American Jerry Gaither. TCU have achieved success under numerous coaches including
Matty Bell,
Dutch Meyer,
Abe Martin,
Dennis Franchione, and their longest-serving coach
Gary Patterson. Gary Patterson received nine National Coach of the Year honors in 2009. Coaches
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 has a capacity of 44,008. On December 5, 2010, the west wing of the Amon G. Carter Stadium was imploded in order accommodate 24 suites, including six Founder's suites on the lower level, and 2,300 club seats on the West side. Total cost of the renovation of Amon G. Carter Stadium is $105 million.
Baseball scoreboard in use during a game. TCU has fielded a baseball team since 1896, before the school found its home in
Fort Worth, Texas. The Horned Frog baseball team began playing baseball in the
Southwest Conference when it became a member of the conference in 1923. That year they finished the year with a 13–11 overall record and a 2–10 conference record. In 1933 Dutch Meyer, also the coach of the football team, led TCU to its first
SWC title with a 9–1 record. During the rest of their time in the
SWC, the Frogs would win 6 more regular-season SWC baseball titles. Their next conference championship would come while members of
Conference USA in 2004 and 2005. 2006 saw the Horned Frogs in a new conference, the
Mountain West Conference. 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. TCU has made 14 appearances in the
NCAA baseball tournament: 1956, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016. TCU has 23 All-Americans, six Freshman All-Americans, three players of the year awards, two pitchers of the year, and numerous All-Conference selections. The TCU Baseball Team makes its home in
Lupton Stadium, with a capacity of 3,500.
Men's basketball TCU 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
Southwest Conference from the 1923–24 seasons until the breakup of the conference after the 1995–96 season. During their time in the
SWC they won 10 conference titles (1931, 1934, 1951*, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1968, 1971, 1986*, 1987; * denotes shared title). Buster Brannon owns the most wins as a coach in TCU Men's Basketball history with a career that spanned 20 years he earned a record of 205–259, a 104–144 record in
SWC play, won 4 conference titles and earned three trips to the NCAA basketball tournament in
1952,
1953 and
1959. The TCU Men's Basketball Team would only win one more conference championship after the breakup of the
Southwest Conference. and recorded a 5–18 record. They improved significantly the following year, going 19–8. Current coach
Raegan Pebley has been the coach of the team since the
2014–15 season. During the 2000–
01 season, the Horned Frogs won their first regular season and conference championship at the
WAC Tournament. The program matched that accomplishment the 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 Horned Frogs were in
C-USA, they won the conference title four out of five years. TCU has also reached the
Women's NCAA tournament for six consecutive years, stretching back to the
2000–01 season. Each year, they have won their first game of the tournament and lost the second game, except for first-round losses to Oregon in 2005 and to South Dakota State in 2009. TCU women's basketball has reached the post season 11 out of 12 years that Coach Jeff Mittie has been head of the program. The Horned Frogs share Schollmaier Arena with the men's team, playing under the roof there for the entire history of the program. Until the 2010–11 athletics' season, the women's athletic teams went by "Lady Frogs".
Women's volleyball The
TCU Women's Volleyball Team is coached by Prentice Lewis with the help of associate head coach Jason Tanaka who both joined the team in February 2002. Since Lewis' arrival, the volleyball team has had the third best record to date at 12–18. The next year, 2003, the Horned Frogs recorded their best record to date at 20–11 and made it to the second round of the
C-USA 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 number 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 eventually lost to
Colorado State University 3–1. The 2006 season marked the Horned Frogs third winning season in four years. The '''Women's Volleyball Team
plays their home games in the Ed & Rae Shollmaier Arena''' on the TCU campus.
Men's and women's cross country The Men's and Women's
TCU Harriers Cross Country teams compete in the
Big 12 Conference. For purposes of qualifying for the
NCAA Men's and
Women's Cross Country Championships, the TCU Harriers compete in the
South Central Regional while the rest of the conference competes in the
Rocky Mountain Regional. From 2003 to 2005 the TCU Harriers sent a runner to the NCAA Men's or Women's Cross Country Championships. The TCU Harriers Cross Country team is coached by Eric Heins.
Women's equestrian 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, in 2013, there were 37 intercollegiate programs recognized for NCAA competition. 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.
Golf Men's golf The '''TCU Men's Golf''' team is led by 20-year Head Coach Bill Montigel. During his tenure, Coach Montigel has guided the men's golf team to five consecutive conference titles from 2001 to 2005 between the Horned Frogs 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. Among the most notable TCU men's golf alumni are
J. J. Henry and
Tom Hoge 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. They have won nine conference titles: SWC (1986), WAC (1997, 1998, 2001) C-USA (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), and MWC (2009).
Women's golf In 1983, the '''TCU Women's Golf''' team accounted for the school's lone national championship outside of football. Currently the women's golf team is led by Head Coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin. The Horned Frogs have at least four former players now playing professionally. The most notable is multiple LPGA Tour-winner
Angela Stanford. TCU practices at the
Colonial Country Club.
Women's rifle The Women's Rifle team has had a number of firsts in the history of TCU athletics. In 1972, Sue Ann Sandusky was recorded as Texas Christian University's first All-American. Also, In 2010, the team became the first all-female squad to win a national championship. They would win the national championship again in 2012, 2019, and 2024. The TCU Women's Rifle team is currently led by head coach Karen Monez, who has been a part of the program since 2003. In June 2013, the Horned Frogs became a charter member of the
Patriot Rifle Conference.
All-Americans Women's soccer In 1986, the TCU Women's Soccer team played its first season in Fort Worth, Texas. After three decades of mediocrity, the Horned Frogs made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2016, and has since qualified for the tournament every year except 2023. In 2025, they made the
College Cup for the first time in school history. TCU has played in the
Big 12 Conference since the 2012 season, winning the conference regular season championship in 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025, and the conference tournament in 2021. Since joining the Big 12 Conference in 2012, TCU has been coached by Eric Bell, the winningest head coach in program history. His record with the team is 167-84-43, and has coached the team to all four conference championships and all nine NCAA tournament appearances in program history, including seven straight between 2016 and 2022. From 2016 to 2024, Bell coached the team to nine straight seasons of double-digit wins. Prior to coaching at TCU, Bell was an assistant coach and associate head coach at Florida State, helping the Seminoles reach the College Cup three times, including a championship game appearance. In 2007, the TCU Women's Soccer team received an award for being one of the best academic sports teams in the nation. For the second-consecutive year the women's soccer program was recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America with the NSCAA Team Academic Award. The Horned Frogs also placed 14 individuals on the Fall Academic All-Mountain West Conference Team. The Horned Frogs play their home matches at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium, which seats 1,500. The single-game attendance record is 3,648, set on September 5, 2022. In August 2010, the Jane Justin Field House was added to the complex. It contains a locker room for the TCU women's soccer team, its visitors, and officials. There are also coaches' meeting rooms and an athletic training room. The field house was named honoring Jane C. Justine, who graduated from TCU in 1943. The facility's field house was a $1.5 million gift from the John and Jane Justin Foundation. This is the largest gift solely provided for woman's athletics at Texas Christian University to date. The team's all-time record is 357–335–72.
All-Conference Players Men's and women's swimming and diving Recently taken over by Head Coach James Winchester in April 2018, the Texas Christian University swimming and diving program officially formed in 1979. Richard Sybesma was the first head coach for TCU swimming and diving and remained so for thirty-eight years. Although there was an actual swim team before 1979, but the team did not keep records, therefore we know little about the team. The TCU swimming and diving program has won over 400 dual meets including championship meets. The TCU swimming and diving team has been in three different conferences since its beginning. First was the Southwest conference from 1979 to 1993, then moved to the Western Atlantic Conference (WAC) in 1994–2000, in 2001 they proceeded to Conference USA, and finally from 2005–present the TCU swim team has been in the
Mountain West Conference (MWC). While in the
Conference USA conference the men's swimming and diving team dominated the pools across the country. They were the Conference USA champions in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. The women's team also had much success in the Conference USA. In 2002 and 2004 TCU swimming and diving swept Conference USA by winning both on the men and women's side. The TCU swimming and diving team had yet to achieve such awards until 2010 when the men's team won the Mountain West Conference dual meet Championship. The College Coaches Association has honored the TCU women's program as an Academic All-American swim team for over thirty-five consecutive semesters while the men's program has been honored on over thirteen occasions. This program, along with all the athletic programs at Texas Christian University have been in many different conferences including the Western Atlantic Conference, Conference USA, Mountain West Conference. Starting in 2012 the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12 Conference. All home meets are located in the
Student Recreation Center on the campus of
TCU.
Men and women swimming All-Americans The TCU Horned Frog Swimming and Diving have produced fourteen All-Americans within the
AIAW and
NCAA. Between these swimmers are twelve women and two men.
Men's & women's track and field Indoor track Individual championships Outdoor championships Individual champions • collegiate record; NCAA meet record
Tennis The
TCU Tennis teams play their home matches at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, rated the #1 facility in the nation by
Tennis Magazine.
Men's tennis The '''TCU Men's Tennis''' team was coached by Dave Borelli. Before he became coach of the men's team, Borelli coached the '''TCU Women's Tennis''' team four years before. They are the 2005–2006
Mountain West Conference Tournament Champions. Currently, the Horned Grogs are coached by David Roditi, who led the program to its first
national championship in 2024, beating
Texas 4–3 in the championship match.
Women's tennis The '''TCU Women's Tennis''' team was coached by Jefferson Hammond. They are the 2005–2006
Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament champions. Lee Walker is the current head coach of TCU Women's tennis who are ranked #22 for this upcoming season. ==Notable non-varsity sports==