THE STAFF HEAD COACH NEIL DOUGHERTY About Neil Dougherty NEIL DOUGHERTY Full Name: Cornelius Aaron Dougherty Head Coach • 4th Year at TCU Date of Birth: Division I Coach • 21st Year Overall April 14, 1961 Fresh off a 20-win season and TCU’s first post- Hometown: season tournament appearance since 1999, Neil Leavenworth, Kan. Dougherty embarks on his fourth season at the helm of the Horned Frogs’ men’s basketball team in 2005- Wife: Patti 06. upended 2005 NIT Final Four Children: Last season, the Frogs made a late-March run all team Memphis Megan, Neil Patrick, Ryan the way to the NIT quarterfinals despite playing all on the road. three games on the road. TCU battled to wins at TCU’s march in Education: Miami (Ohio) and Western Michigan before falling in the National Cameron University (B.A., 1984) a hard-fought game at Maryland 85-73. When it was Invitation Tournament marked only the third time that University of Oklahoma (M.S., 1987) all over, the Frogs came out with a 21-14 record—the the Frogs reached the tournament quarterfinals in 11th 20-win season in school history and the most school history. wins for the program since 1998-99. Playing Experience: U.S. Military Academy (1980-81) The success in 2004-05 was built off of the Cameron (1983-84) Dougherty, who was hired on March 25, 2002, achievements of the 2003-04 squad, which went 7-9 as TCU’s 18th head coach, owns an overall record of in Conference USA, one of just four leagues in the Assistant Coaching Experience: 42-50 over three seasons. After a 9-19 season in his nation to receive six bids to the 2004 NCAA Cameron (1984-88) first year, Dougherty and the Frogs have bounced Tournament. In addition, TCU more than doubled its Drake (1988-89) back to go 33-31 over the last two campaigns. As a league win total from the previous season, recorded Vanderbilt (1989-93) member of Conference USA, a league that saw 17 the program’s first victory over a top-10 team since South Carolina (1993-95) teams gain postseason berths in those two years, TCU 1990, and grabbed its first conference tournament win Kansas (1995-2002) was able to muster a 15-17 conference record. since 2000 when the team bounced Marquette from the C-USA Tournament. That final Frog victory was Head Coaching Experience: In 2004-05, the Frogs reached the second round also the 1,000th win in school history and was the TCU (2002-Present) of the Conference USA Tournament for the second second in a four-game winning streak over the tradi- straight year after accumulating an 8-8 conference tion-rich Golden Eagles. record – the best since TCU joined C-USA. NCAA Tournament Experience: Vanderbilt (1991, 1993) Dougherty and the Frogs edged out Marquette in the In his first season with the Frogs, Dougherty Kansas (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) opening round before falling to NCAA final four par- instilled a new system that stressed teamwork, ticipant Louisville. During the regular season, TCU accountability and toughness. He showed the Frog National Invitation Tournament Experience: recorded key victories over 2005 NCAA Tournament faithful what kind of playing style and effort to expect Vanderbilt (1990, 1992) participants Texas Tech and UAB, picked up two from a TCU team. wins over an NIT-bound Marquette squad and also TCU (2005) Dougherty’s plan for success, determination and style of play have re-energized the Horned Frogs’ fan base. Under his watch, TCU set an all-time arena attendance record when 7,267 fans crammed into Daniel-Meyer Coliseum to watch the Horned Frogs play the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks on Dec. 1, 2003. In the first-ever visit to DMC by a No. 1 team, the Horned Frogs trailed at halftime by just one point, 39-38, to a team that ultimately advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight. There is no debating that TCU’s strength of schedule has drastically improved since his arrival in Fort Worth. In fact, of Dougherty’s 92 games at the helm of the program, 14 have been against top-25 teams. To compare, the Horned Frogs played just seven nationally ranked teams from the 1998-99 sea- son through the 2001-02 campaign, a span of 124 games, and played just 19 ranked teams during the entire decade of the 1990s, which included 303 con- tests. TCU’s 2004-05 schedule featured eight games against teams that reached the NCAA Tournament and 11 against NIT teams, meaning that the squad played 19 of its 35 games versus opponents that reached the 2005 postseason. 36 HEAD COACH NEIL DOUGHERTY Another tangible sign of Dougherty’s impact on All-Time Game-By-Game 2003-04 Season TCU basketball is the $6 million Ed & Rae (12-17 Overall, 7-9 C-USA) Schollmaier Basketball Complex, the newest Horned 2002-03 Season Date Opponent Result Score Frog athletics facility. The 22,000-square-foot com- (9-19 Overall, 3-13 C-USA) Nov. 22 Texas-Arlington W 87-58 plex, which sits southeast of Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Date Opponent Result Score Nov. 29 Tulsa L 64-76 features office space for the men’s basketball staff, Nov. 22 Sam Houston W 91-81 Dec. 1 #1/1 Kansas L 66-85 two NCAA regulation practice courts, a meeting Nov. 24 at SMU L (OT) 84-87 Dec. 3 Murray State L 67-73 room, a weight room, a lobby and a courtyard. It was Nov. 30 Washington State W 86-83 Dec. 6 at Washington State L 52-73 Dec. 3 Texas Tech L 66-84 Dec. 8 Stephen F. Austin W 84-62 completed in March of 2004, and stands as a model of Dec. 7 at Baylor W 72-64 the university’s strong commitment to basketball and Dec. 10 at Texas Tech L 60-67 Dec. 10 at North Texas W 87-80 Dec. 13 North Texas W 62-58 Coach Dougherty. Dec. 14 Louisiana-Monroe L 79-90 Dec. 22 Arkansas State L 58-64 Dec. 21 at Virginia Commonwealth L 78-91 Dec. 29 Grambling State W 99-71 TCU has also made its presence known on Dec. 23 at #20 Tulsa L 65-78 Jan. 3 #22/24 Vanderbilt L 60-95 national television during the Dougherty era. The Dec. 30 Grambling State W 103-84 Jan. 7 Saint Louis* L 50-60 Frogs’ statement game came in February of 2004 in Jan. 4 Centenary W 102-89 Jan. 10 Tulane* W 70-65 Jan. 8 at Southern Miss* L 64-72 Jan. 13 at Houston* W 55-54 front of an ESPN2 audience as part of “Super Jan. 11 Cincinnati* L 72-83 Tuesday” action, as TCU recorded a monumental 71- Jan. 17 at #10/7 Cincinnati* L 57-85 Jan. 14 at DePaul* L 65-71 Jan. 20 DePaul* L 54-61 46 victory over 10th-ranked Louisville. It was just the Jan. 18 at #15 Louisville* L 74-87 Jan. 28 Southern Miss* W 79-67 fifth win over a top-10 team ever enjoyed by the TCU Jan. 22 Tulane* W 93-84 Jan. 31 Memphis* L 69-75 program. In the contest, TCU held the Cardinals to Jan. 26 at #10 Creighton L 79-89 Feb. 3 at Marquette* W 85-79 just 46 points, the lowest output by a Rick Pitino- Jan. 29 at UAB* L (OT) 82-84 Feb. 9 at USF* W 54-51 coached team since his Boston University squad was Feb. 1 Houston* L 56-61 Feb. 14 at Tulane* L 66-67 Feb. 4 at USF* L 67-71 Feb. 17 #10/11 Louisville* W 71-46 defeated 48-46 by Canisius in 1982. Since Dougherty Feb. 8 Memphis* L 69-84 took the reins, the Frogs have made 18 appearances Feb. 21 at East Carolina* L 70-75 Feb. 12 Southern Miss* W 85-78 Feb. 25 Charlotte* L (OT) 86-94 on the ESPN network family, including eight in 2004- Feb. 15 at Tulane* L 78-84 Feb. 28 Houston* W 71-65 05, and have made numerous appearances locally. Feb. 18 UAB* L (OT) 85-88 Mar. 3 at #20/23 Memphis* L 56-83 Feb. 22 #11 Marquette* L 68-79 Mar. 6 at UAB* L 62-87 As the TCU head coach, Dougherty has accom- Feb. 26 at #24 Memphis* L 64-88 Mar. 10 vs. Marquette% W 64-62 plished much on the recruiting trail as well, blazing a Mar. 1 at Houston* L 57-75 Mar. 11 vs. DePaul% L 65-89 Mar. 8 USF* W 75-63 path through Texas high schools and junior colleges * Conference USA Game * Conference USA Game % Conference USA Tournament All-Time Record By Opponent 2004-05 Season Opponent Record Last Mtg. Date (21-14 Overall, 8-8 C-USA) Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-0 W, 76-55 12-22-04 Date Opponent Result Score Arkansas State 0-1 L, 58-64 12-22-03 Nov. 19 Texas-Arlington W 90-61 Baylor 1-0 W, 72-64 12-7-02 Nov. 21 Shawnee State# W 74-60 Centenary 1-0 W, 102-89 1-4-03 Nov. 23 Texas Tech W 83-68 Charlotte 0-2 L, 87-94 2-25-04 Nov. 25 Old Dominion# L 62-67 Nov. 27 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi# L 79-85 Cincinnati 0-3 L, 74-89 2-26-05 Nov. 28 vs.