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How Sonny Dykes' journey through college football landed him at TCU
TCU head coach Sonny Dykes discusses his journey into coaching, why he left SMU, and the challenge of replacing Gary Patterson in Fort Worth.
FORT WORTH – Sonny Dykes thought the offer was too good to be true. The year was 1995 and Dykes, working as an assistant football coach and English teacher at J.J. Pearce High School, received a call from Navarro College offensive coordinator Larry Keck to join the offensive staff as an assistant. The young Dykes thought he was about to strike gold.
Dykes was making roughly $40,000 a year as a teacher and assistant coach at Pearce. Navarro head coach Keith Thomas called with an offer. He wanted to hire Dykes, and the contract included a free dorm room, three free meals a day, and $4,000.
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