TCU Football Adds Assistant Coaches Williams and Bookbinder

TCU head football coach Sonny Dykes has announced the hirings of Josh Bookbinder and Sedrick Williams as assistant coaches.

Bookbinder will work with linebackers, while Williams will assist with the defensive line.

Bookbinder served the last three seasons as inside linebackers coach at Texas Tech. Before his time in Lubbock, Bookbinder was a defensive quality control coach at Baylor for three seasons (2019-21). He also worked at Liberty over the course of six years (2012-18), beginning in defensive quality control before taking over as special teams coordinator and then outside linebackers and linebackers coach.

A 2009 Baylor graduate, Bookbinder is the grandson of legendary Bears Head Coach Grant Teaff. Bookbinder began his coaching career as an undergraduate assistant at his alma mater before moving on to roles at Richmond and Carson-Newman, prior to his time at Liberty. 

Williams completed his collegiate playing career at Houston in 2023. He was a two-year starter and three-year letterman on the defensive line for the Cougars. He worked this past season as a defensive line assistant and strength and conditioning graduate assistant at Troy.

 

 

Jersey Retirement Honors TCU Basketball Star Desmond Bane

TCU Athletics retired the No. 1 basketball jersey of Desmond Bane during a halftime ceremony of TCU's men's basketball game with Texas Tech on February 18 at Schollmaier Arena.

A two-time All-Big 12 Conference selection, Bane played four seasons at TCU, from 2016-2020. He left TCU as a college graduate and the Horned Frogs' all-time leader in 3-pointers (249), wins (84) and games played (141). Bane also ranks third all-time in points with 1,784, third with 659 made field goals and fifth with a three-point percentage of 43.3.

As a recruit from Seton Catholic High School in Richmond, Ind., Bane helped TCU win the 2017 NIT as a freshman, the program's first postseason championship. As a sophomore, he helped TCU make its first NCAA Tournament in 20 years, while averaging 12.5 points and leading the Big 12 in three-point accuracy at 46.1 percent.

As a junior, Bane was All-Big 12 Second Team was USBWA All-District VII, as he averaged 15.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists. His 1,315 minutes played was the most in program history.

As a senior in 2019-20, Bane averaged 16.6 points, which ranked second in the Big 12. He became the first TCU basketball player to earn All-Big 12 First Team. He also earned USBWA All-District VII and NABC All-District 8 honors.

Bane, who played in a Big 12 leading 36.02 minutes per game as a senior, never missed a game in his career and missed just one practice in his four years.

Bane was the second player in program history to be selected in the first round of the 2020 NBA Draft. He was the 30th overall selection to the Boston Celtics, which traded the rights to Memphis. He's currently in his fifth season with the Grizzlies. Last season, he averaged a career-best 23.7 points per game and shot 38.1 from three-point range.

 

 

 

TCU Football Adds Six to Staff

TCU head football coach Sonny Dykes has announced these staff additions:

Joining the Horned Frogs as assistant coaches with the offensive line are Randy Clements and Robert Luce. Brett Cumnock, Aaron Green and Chris Owens will be assistant directors of player personnel.

Clements, widely considered one of the nation's premier offensive line coaches, has nearly 40 years of experience. He served the last three seasons at North Carolina. His previous stops on the collegiate level included North Texas (2020-21), Ole Miss (2020), Florida State (2019), Houston (2018), Southeastern (2017), Baylor (2008-16) and Houston (2003-07). Luce, who played at Missouri, has coached on offense at Texas A&M (2021-24) and North Texas (2015-16) while also working as a recruiting analyst at Oklahoma State (2018-21) and a graduate assistant defensive coach at Houston (2016-18).

Cumnock returns to TCU after serving as a recruiting and player personnel intern during the Horned Frogs' 2022 College Football Playoff season. The Alabama graduate worked the last two years as an assistant director of player personnel/director of scouting at Colorado State.

Green was an All-Big 12 running back for the Horned Frogs. His 1,272 yards rushing in 2015 ranks seventh for a season at TCU. He took part in one of the more memorable plays in program history when he caught a deflected fourth-down pass in the back of the end zone for the game-winning touchdown with 23 seconds remaining to give the No. 3 Horned Frogs a 55-52 win over Patrick Mahomes and Texas Tech in Lubbock in 2015. Green worked the last two seasons at UTSA as an assistant coach with the wide receivers and running backs. 

Owens started 20 games while playing in 50 as a standout offensive lineman for Alabama. The Arlington, Texas, native was a member of two national championship teams with the Crimson Tide. Following his professional playing career, he was on the Georgia Tech staff this past season.

 

 

 

TCU Football 2025 Schedule

TCU Football 2025 Schedule

 

September 1 – at North Carolina, 6:30 pm (Central), ESPN

September 6 -- bye

September 13 – Abilene Christian, in Fort Worth (time, TV to be announced)

September 20 – SMU, in Fort Worth (time, TV to be announced)

September 27 – at Arizona State* (time, TV to be announced)

October 4 – Colorado*, in Fort Worth (time, TV to be announced)

October 11 – at Kansas State* (time, TV to be announced)

October 18 – Baylor*, in Fort Worth (time, TV to be announced)

October 25 – at West Virginia* (time, TV to be announced)

November 1 -- bye

November 8 – Iowa State*, in Fort Worth (time, TV to be announced)

November 15 – at BYU* (time, TV to be announced)

November 22 – at Houston* (time, TV to be announced)

November 29 – Cincinnati*, in Fort Worth (time, TV to be announced)

*Big 12 Conference Game

For the 2025 season, TCU will be one of two schools nationally to face 11 Power Four Conference (P4) opponents. In 2024, the Horned Frogs were one of three FBS teams to play 11 P4 foes in the regular season.

The 2025 campaign will also mark the final one with just six home games for the Horned Frogs. Beginning in 2026 with eight home games for the Frogs, TCU will have a minimum of seven home games each year.