TCU poaches head coach Sonny Dykes from SMU

TCU found its next head football coach and the Horned Frogs didn’t need to look far to find him. Sonny Dykes, formerly the head coach at SMU, and TCU agreed to terms to make Dykes the first head coach since Gary Patterson in the 21st Century. Billy Embody of 247Sports.com was first to report. The rumors existed for weeks. 

Roughly 40 miles and 45 minutes, depending on traffic, separate the campuses of TCU and SMU. The Mustangs, led by Dykes, have won the annual “Battle of the Skillet” twice in a row, including a 42-34 win in Fort Worth on Sept. 25. TCU and Patterson, who was the head coach at TCU since 2000, mutually agreed to part ways in late October after a Horned Frogs loss against Kansas State.