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Neil Dougherty |
Neil Dougherty begins his sixth season at the head men's basketball coach at TCU.
Dougherty, who was hired on March 25, 2002, as TCU's 18th head coach, guided the Frogs to the 2005 National Invitation Tournament, the school's first postseason berth since 1999.
At the conclusion of the 2004-05 season, the Frogs made a late-March run all the way to the NIT quarterfinals despite playing all three games on the road. TCU battled to wins at Miami (Ohio) and Western Michigan before falling in a hard-fought game at Maryland 85-73. When it was all over, the Frogs came out with a 21-14 record--the 11th 20-win season in school history and the most wins for the program since 1998-99.
Also in 2004-05, the Frogs reached the second round of the Conference USA Tournament for the second straight year after accumulating an 8-8 conference record - the best during TCU's four-year stay in C-USA. Dougherty and the Frogs edged out Marquette in the opening round before falling to NCAA Final Four participant Louisville. During the regular season, TCU recorded key victories over NCAA Tournament participants Texas Tech and UAB, picked up two wins over an NIT-bound Marquette squad and also upended NIT Final Four team Memphis on the road. TCU's march in the National Invitation Tournament marked only the third time in school history that the Frogs reached the tournament quarterfinals.
The 2003-04 squad went 7-9 in Conference USA, one of just four leagues in the nation to receive six bids to the 2004 NCAA Tournament. In addition, TCU recorded the program's first victory over a top-10 team since 1990, and grabbed its first conference tournament win since 2000 when the team bounced Marquette from the C-USA Tournament. That final Frog victory was also the 1,000th win in school history and was the second in a four-game winning streak over the tradition-rich Golden Eagles.
Dougherty's plan for success, his determination and his style of play re-energized the Horned Frogs' fan base. Under his watch, TCU set an all-time arena attendance record when 7,267 fans crammed into Daniel-Meyer Coliseum to watch the Horned Frogs play the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks on Dec. 1, 2003. In the first-ever visit to DMC by a No. 1 team, the Horned Frogs trailed at halftime by just one point, 39-38, against a team that ultimately advanced to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight.
There is no debating that TCU's strength of schedule has drastically improved since Dougherty's arrival in Fort Worth. Of Dougherty's 153 games at the helm of the program, 17 have been against top-25 teams. To compare, the Horned Frogs played just 19 ranked teams during the entire decade of the 1990s, a span of 303 games.
Another tangible sign of Dougherty's impact on TCU basketball is the $6 million Ed & Rae Schollmaier Basketball Complex, the newest Horned Frog athletics facility. The 22,000-square-foot complex, which sits southeast of Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, features office space for the men's basketball staff, two NCAA regulation practice courts, a meeting room, a weight room, a lobby and a courtyard. It was completed in March of 2004, and stands as a model of the university's strong commitment to basketball and Dougherty.
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Jeff Mittie |
In the first 22 seasons of TCU women's basketball, the Lady Frogs had just four winning seasons and zero trips to the NCAA Tournament. On Aug. 19, 1999, the face and reputation of the TCU women's basketball program changed with the hiring of head coach Jeff Mittie as TCU's sixth head coach in school history.
Now entering his ninth season at TCU, Mittie has led the Lady Frogs on one of the greatest turnarounds in women's basketball history. The 41-year-old Mittie has guided the Lady Frogs to winning seasons in each of his eight years, while taking TCU to seven straight NCAA Tournaments.
Since his arrival in Fort Worth, Mittie has compiled a 173-83 (.675) record in eight seasons, while almost matching the win total the program accomplished in the first 22 seasons of existence. With 173 wins at TCU, Mittie has accounted for 45.4 percent of the school's wins in 30 seasons of basketball. Prior to Mittie's arrival, TCU had a 208-402 (.340) overall record.
Overall, Mittie has been a head coach for 15 seasons, compiling a 324-142 (.695) record. Mittie's .695 winning percentage is the second-highest of any active coach age 41 or younger with at least five years of Division I coaching experience. His winning percentage also ranks 27th among the NCAAs all-time winningest active coaches.
Under Mittie, TCU is one of just 12 programs in the country and is the only school in Texas that has advanced to the NCAA Tournament each of the past seven seasons. Even more impressive is the fact that TCU has kept its streak in tact while playing in three different conferences during that time.
During the 2006-07 season, the Lady Frogs finished 21-11 overall, earning their sixth 20-win season in the past seven years. In its second season in the Mountain West Conference, the Lady Frogs tied for second with an 11-5 record in league play and earned a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
In the NCAA Tournament, the Frogs traveled to Hartford, Conn., where they lost to tournament Cinderella Ole Miss in the first round. The Rebels went on to advance to the Elite 8 before falling to eventual national champion Tennessee.
Despite losing in the first round to Ole Miss, Mittie has still advanced the Lady Frogs to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in five of the last seven seasons. In seven NCAA Tournament appearances, Mittie has a 5-7 record with three of his five victories coming as the lower-seeded team.
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