Gary Patterson a Member of 58th TCU Athletics Hall of Fame Class

Former TCU head football coach Gary Patterson, who led the Horned Frogs to victory in the 2011 Rose Bowl, is a member of the 58th TCU Athletics Hall of Fame class.

TCU Athletics and the TCU Block T Association have announced that the 58th TCU Athletics Hall of Fame class that will be inducted in the Fall of 2025 will include a pair of former TCU head coaches, six former student-athletes and an inductee that was deferred from the 2019 Hall of Fame class.
 
The nine who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Thursday, September 18, are: Julien Brun '15 (men's golf), Matt Carpenter '09 (baseball), Whitney Gipson '12 (track & field), Preston Morrison '15 (baseball), Glen Norris '78 (track & field), Gary Patterson (football), Charles Silmon '14 (track & field), Richard Sybesma (swimming & diving), and Jason Verrett '13 (football).
 
Patterson and Sybesma will be inducted as Special Contributors. Norris will be enshrined as this year's Vintage honoree. Carpenter, who was part of the Hall of Fame Class of 2019, will be inducted this year after deferring to the conclusion of his professional baseball career.

Here are overviews of the honorees:
 
Julien Brun, Men's Golf: Brun is one of the most decorated student-athletes in program history after compiling a long list of firsts for TCU men's golf in his three years on campus. He is the only men's golfer to be named first-team all-American three times in a career, earning the honor in 2012, 2013 and 2014. He set school records as a freshman for victories in a season and a career (3), as well as for stroke average. He matched or bettered those marks the next year as a sophomore and rounded out his career with a school record nine individual titles. Brun was the third Frog to earn reserve-medalist honors at a NCAA Championship, tying for second-place in 2012 at Riviera Country Club.
 
Matt Carpenter, Baseball: Carpenter had a standout college career with the Frogs, primarily as the team's third baseman from 2005-09. He was a three-time second-team all-Mountain West Conference selection (2006, 2008 and 2009) and left as the school's all-time leader in games played (241) and at-bats (843). He is now third in games played, and fourth in at-bats. Carpenter became a three-time All-Star for the St. Louis Cardinals. He led the MLB in hits, runs scored and doubles in 2013, finishing fourth in MVP voting.
 
Whitney (Gipson) Bright, Track & Field: Gipson is a two-time NCAA National Champion, having set and still holding the school record in both indoor and outdoor long jump events. She tallied an indoor jump of 22' 8" in March 2012 to win the indoor championship and later recorded an outdoor mark of 22' 10.5" in July of that same year to capture the outdoor championship. Her indoor mark tied the NCAA record at the time. She became TCU's first-ever female track & field athlete to win an indoor and outdoor national championship in the same event. She earned six all-American honors as a long jumper (three indoor, three outdoor) and earned an all-American nod as a member of the 2012 4x100 relay team.
 
Preston Morrison, Baseball: Morrison was a four-time all-American, earning Freshman all-America honors in 2012 and following with third-team (2013), first-team (2014) and second team (2015) all-America selections. He is the only TCU pitcher to throw 400-plus innings in a career and ranks No. 1 all-time with 61 career games started. His 37 career victories rank second to only fellow Hall of Famer Frank Johnstone's total of 38 (1971-74) and he also ranks second all-time with 322 career strikeouts. A four-time all-conference selection, Morrison was named the league's Pitcher of the Year in the Mountain West Conference (2012) and the Big 12 (2014).
 
Glen Norris, Track & Field: Norris was a two-time all-American running as the first-leg on the 1975 and 1976 4x400 relay teams. His relay team in 1975 was the first TCU relay team to win a Southwest Conference title and the squad finished fourth at the NCAA Championships. Norris was a conference finalist in the 100-yard dash in 1975. His other accolades included being a finalist in the indoor 60-yard dash that same season.
 
Gary Patterson, Football: Coach Patterson spent 24 years as a TCU coach for the football team, serving as defensive coordinator from 1998-2000, then as head football coach from 2000-21. He set the TCU all-time coaching record with 181 wins – 72 more than Dutch Meyer, who ranks second on the list. Patterson won 22 national coach of the year honors and posted 10 seasons with 11 wins or more. He guided the Horned Frogs to six conference championships, while mentoring 263 all-conference selections, 21 first team all-Americans and 55 NFL Draft picks.
 
Charles Silmon, Track & Field: Silmon was a 2013 NCAA National Champion, winning the 100-meter event with a time of 9.89. He is a five-time all-American honoree, earning honors twice in the indoor 60-meters, along with three outdoor honors. Silmon was the 2012 Mountain West Conference and 2013 Big 12 Conference indoor champion in the 60-meters, and the 2012 MWC indoor champion in the 200-meters. He was a four-time conference champion in the outdoor 100-meters, winning the event three straight years in the MWC (2010-12) and in the Big 12 in 2013. He was also a two-time outdoor champion in the 200-meters (MWC, 2011; Big 12, 2012).
 
Richard Sybesma, Swimming & Diving: Coach Sybesma, who retired in 2017, served as the longest tenured head coach for any sport at TCU. He spent 38 years at the helm of the swimming and diving program. After arriving at TCU in 1979, Sybesma guided the Horned Frogs in five different conferences (Southwest, WAC, Conference USA, Mountain West and Big 12) over a span of five decades. The Horned Frogs won seven team conference championships and 16 individual league titles under Sybesma. He produced seven national champions, 18 all-Americans and four Olympians. He is a five-time conference coach of the year.
 
Jason Verrett, Football: Verrett was a two-time all-American for the Horned Frogs, in 2012 and 2013. A three-time all-conference selection (2011-13), he was tabbed the Big 12 Conference's Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2013 following a season where he tallied 39 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and a sack. He led the team and the Big 12 with 14 pass break-ups that season. Verrett was selected in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, going 25th overall to the San Diego Chargers. He was the highest TCU defensive player selected in the NFL Draft since Bob Lilly was taken 13th overall in 1961.