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Daniel "Sonny" Dykes (born November 9, 1969) is an American football coach, and a former college baseball player. He is currently the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU), and previously served in the same role at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 2018 to 2021, the University of California, Berkeley from 2013 to 2016, and Louisiana Tech University from 2010 to 2012.
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Dec 19, 2022 · FILE - TCU head coach Sonny Dykes walks off the field after an NCAA college football game against Iowa State in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. TCU won 62-14. TCU’s Sonny Dykes won The Associated Press Coach of the Year on Monday, Dec. 19, after leading the No. 3 Horned Frogs to the College Football Playoff in his first season ...
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Born in Big Spring, Texas, Dykes received his bachelor’s degree in history from Texas Tech in 1993 and was a member of the Red Raiders baseball team for two seasons. He and his wife, Kate, have two daughters, Ally and Charlie, and a son, Daniel. Sonny Dykes was introduced as TCU’s head football coach on Nov. 30, 2021.
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Jul 11, 2023 · Sonny Dykes first met Hal Mumme at Carter High School in Dallas in 1995 when Dykes was an assistant coach at nearby Navarro Junior College. The lack of regulations at the JUCO level afforded Dykes the ability to recruit year around, so he drove an hour northwest up I-45 each morning after teaching a creative writing course to build relationships at known recruiting hotbeds such as Carter ...
Nov 30, 2021 · “Best short-term and long-term fit for TCU, Sonny Dykes was that guy. When you talk about his plan to recruit DFW, and the fact he knows this place, he knows what it’s going to take to win here.” Gary Patterson won a school-record 181 games in 21 seasons with the Frogs, including the Rose Bowl to cap an undefeated 2010 season.
Jan 8, 2023 · Sonny Dykes has TCU on cusp of college football national title thanks to fearless approach. Texas Christian is 13-1, coming off a stunning 51-46 win over second-ranked Michigan in the College ...
Dec 31, 2022 · It was the first time TCU had defeated SMU since 2018. TCU head coach Sonny Dykes (left) greets SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee after a game at Ford Stadium, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 in University ...
