Texas Christian

Official Name: 
Texas Christian University
Nickname: 
Horned Frogs
Mailing Address: 

2900 Stadium Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76129

Website: 
www.gofrogs.com
Telephone: 
(817) 257-7969
Fax: 
(817) 257-7964
Enrollment: 
8,065
Arena: 

Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
Capacity: 7,166
Year Opened: 1961

School Colors: 
Purple and White
Conference: 

Mountain West (since 2006)
Former Member of SWC (1924-96), Western Athletic (1997-2001) and Conference USA (2002-05). Slated to join Big East in 2012-13

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(7) 1952, 1953, 1959, 1968, 1971, 1987, and 1998
5-7 record (.417)
Regional runner-up in 1968

NIT Appearances: 

(6) 1983, 1986, 1992, 1997, 1999, and 2005
9-6 record (.600)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Byron Buster Brannon (19 years from 1949-67, 205-259 record, .442)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Darrell Browder (1,886 points from 1980-83)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Reggie Smith (966 from 1989-92)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Lee Nailon (53 points as junior vs. Mississippi Valley State on 12/12/97 in first round of Texas Christian Tournament)

All-American Selections: 

(4) C Harry H.E. Kirchner (1959), C Lee Nailon (1998), C Dick O'Neal (1957), F-C Kurt Thomas (1995)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Lee Nailon (53 vs. Mississippi Valley State in first round of TCU Tournament)
December 12, 1997 (junior/24.9 ppg)

1

2

Total

Texas Christian

47

59

106

Mississippi Valley State

26

57

83

Texas Christian

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Johnson

5-15

0-4

1-2

11

Davis

2-6

0-0

0-1

4

Nailon

23-30

0-0

7-10

53

Fowler

0-4

0-0

6-6

6

Jones

7-15

0-0

2-2

18

Penny

1-2

0-0

2-3

4

Carroll

3-5

0-0

0-0

6

Gradney

0-1

0-0

0-0

0

Barrett

2-2

0-0

0-3

4

Totals

43-80

2-16

18-27

106

Percentages

.538

.125

.667

Mississippi Valley State

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Ross

8-10

0-0

4-12

20

Battee

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

Rice

1-1

0-0

0-0

2

Davis

5-17

2-10

3-3

15

Foster

2-8

2-7

0-0

6

Leigh

1-4

0-0

0-0

2

Rivels

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Oliver

11-15

5-9

2-2

29

Robinson

3-4

0-0

1-2

7

Totals

32-60

9-26

10-19

83

Percentages

.533

.346

.526
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

J.R. Langley

1

1909

2-3

.400

1909

2-3

Frederick Cahoon

1

1915

11-12

.478

1915

11-12

E.Y. Freeland

1

1916

1-3

.250

1916

1-3

T.D. Hackney

1

1920

1-7

.125

1920

1-7

William L. "Bill" Driver

2

1921-22

8-7

.533

1922

8-4

John McKnight

1

1923

3-7

.300

1923

3-7

Madison "Matty" Bell

6

1924-29

70-42

.625

1924

16-4

Francis A. Schmidt

5

1930-34

72-24

.750

1934

13-2

Leo R. "Dutch" Meyer

3

1935-37

10-37

.213

1935

6-13

Lester "Mike" Brumbelow

4

1938-41

22-64

.256

1938

8-15

Herbert R. "Hub" McQuillan

7

1942-48

66-103

.391

1943

18-9

Byron "Buster" Brannon

19

1949-67

205-259

.442

1952

24-4

Johnny Swaim

10

1968-77

102-151

.403

1972

15-9

Tim Somerville

2

1978-79

10-43

.189

1979

6-21

Jim Killingsworth

8

1980-87

130-106

.551

1987

24-7

Henry W. "Moe" Iba

7

1988-94

96-108

.471

1992

23-11

Billy Tubbs

8

1995-2002

155-96

.618

1998

27-6

Cornelius "Neil" Dougherty

6

2003-08

75-108

.410

2005

21-14

Jim Christian

3

2009-11

38-58

.396

2009

14-17
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,091-1,272 (.462) from 1909 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Texas Christian did not have a formal coach in 1910 (1-4 record), 1914 (0-4), 1917 (2-6), 1918 (4-4) and 1919 (4-6)
  • Texas Christian did not field a formal team for three seasons from 1911-13
  • Tubbs' record does not reflect a forfeit victory awarded from Purdue in 1995-96.