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The Athletic: TCU and Sonny Dykes aren’t starting from scratch in life after Gary Patterson
By Max Olson
FORT WORTH — Sonny Dykes knows how long it takes. This is the fourth time he has taken over a college football program. He went through it at Louisiana Tech in 2010, at Cal in 2013 and at SMU in 2018. So the new head coach of TCU knows what he’s talking about when he says these transitions usually take about 18 months.
The challenge at Louisiana Tech was a complete roster rebuild. At Cal, it was figuring out a place that felt foreign compared to everywhere else he’d been. SMU was a more comfortable fit in every way and a smoother transition — closer to 15 months, really — but that roster needed work, too. All that experience and context is helpful for Dykes as he sizes up his new job. Six months into his tenure at TCU, the progress he’s witnessed has been encouraging.
“I feel pretty good about it, I really do,” Dykes said. “We’re ahead of where I thought we’d be.”
Read more at https://theathletic.com/3359457/2022/06/15/tcu-football-schedule-roster-sonny-dykes/
By Max Olson
FORT WORTH — Sonny Dykes knows how long it takes. This is the fourth time he has taken over a college football program. He went through it at Louisiana Tech in 2010, at Cal in 2013 and at SMU in 2018. So the new head coach of TCU knows what he’s talking about when he says these transitions usually take about 18 months.
The challenge at Louisiana Tech was a complete roster rebuild. At Cal, it was figuring out a place that felt foreign compared to everywhere else he’d been. SMU was a more comfortable fit in every way and a smoother transition — closer to 15 months, really — but that roster needed work, too. All that experience and context is helpful for Dykes as he sizes up his new job. Six months into his tenure at TCU, the progress he’s witnessed has been encouraging.
“I feel pretty good about it, I really do,” Dykes said. “We’re ahead of where I thought we’d be.”
Read more at https://theathletic.com/3359457/2022/06/15/tcu-football-schedule-roster-sonny-dykes/