Gary Patterson is set to begin his 19th season as the head coach in Fort Worth. He has taken the Frogs to 16 bowl games in that time and has had four seasons with an unbeaten conference record (all in the Mountain West). TCU has found the Big 12 to be tougher sledding; in 7 seasons, the Frogs have only three with a conference record above .500.
However, it should also be noted that those three seasons (above .500 in conference) have all occurred in the last five years, and TCU has finished the season ranked in the top 10 in each of those three seasons.