Richard Sybesma is the longest tenured head coach of any athletic program in TCU’s history. Sybesma coached both the TCU men and women’s Swimming & Diving teams for an incredible 38 seasons spanning from 1979 to 2017.
Even though he was with the Horned Frogs for over three decades, Sybesma began his swimming career as a Red Raider of Texas Tech. Originally, swimming began as a form of exercise for Sybesma but it soon became a lifelong passion. Sybesma was a swimmer for Texas Tech in the 70’s and had his career path planned out ever since he was a junior in high school: he wanted to be a coach.