Wed Jan 19 2022
Long time UT Football Coach Darrel Royal used to say
Dance with the one that brung ya
In short do not cast aside your date for another at the dance
More broadly, show some loyalty to another whose long tenure has made you proud.
I see UT Austin has hired former 22 year TCU Coach as a Special Assistant.
from wiki
Gary Allen Patterson (born February 13, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is the former head football coach at Texas Christian University and the winningest coach in Horned Frogs' history. Patterson has led the TCU Horned Frogs to six conference championships—one Conference USA title in 2002; four Mountain West Conference titles in 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011; —and nine bowl game victories—including victories in the 2011 Rose Bowl and 2014 Peach Bowl. His 2010 squad finished the season undefeated at 13–0 after a 21–19 Rose Bowl victory over the Wisconsin Badgers on New Year's Day 2011, and ranked second in the final tallying of both major polls.
but after a 3-5 season in 2021, TCU dropped him. Talk about a fair weather friend. What does this say about TCU ethical behavior.
In August 2016, TCU announced Patterson's contract had been extended through 2022, with an annual base salary of $4.75 million.[11] The Frogs went 6-7 (4-5) in 2016 losing 31-23 to Georgia in the Liberty Bowl. In 2017, TCU opened with a 63-0 drubbing of Jackson State. They dismantled Arkansas 28-7 in Week 2. In Week 3, the #20 Frogs beat SMU in the Iron Skillet Rivalry 56-36. In week 4, the #16 Frogs upset #6 Oklahoma State 44-31 behind a 31 carry 160 yard 3 TD performance from HB Darius Anderson. Next, the #9 Frogs won 31-24 over #23 West Virginia in a game in which QB Kenny Hill had a passing, rushing, and receiving TD. #6 TCU then won 26-6 over Kansas State and moved up to #4 with a 6-0 (3-0) start. They shutout Kansas 43-0 to be 7-0 (4-0) and leading the Big 12. However, in Week 8 they lost 14-7 to #25 Iowa State dropping to #8. They beat Texas the next week 24-7 moving up to #6, but they lost 38-20 to #5 Oklahoma. TCU bounced back by beating Texas Tech 27-3 in which Kenny Hill didn't play. In Week 13, the #12 Frogs beat Baylor 45-22 to finish 10-2 (7-2). They made the inaugural Big XII Title Game as #11 but lost 41-17 to #3 Oklahoma. They dropped to #13 and were selected to the Alamo Bowl against #15 Stanford. TCU beat Stanford 39-37 to win the Alamo Bowl.
Patterson and TCU mutually agreed to part ways on October 31, 2021, after a 3-5 start. At the time of his departure, he was the second longest tenured coach in the FBS with one program, only behind Iowa's Kirk Ferentz.
His entire TCU record is here
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