FWST: Johnson expected to be relieved as TCU coach today

When Trent Johnson was hired in 2012, TCU’s athletic program was in the throes of its Big 12 honeymoon.

The football Horned Frogs, winners of the 2011 Rose Bowl, were ready.

The baseball program, two years removed from a College World Series appearance, was ready.

Johnson’s basketball Frogs, however, had no banner-winning legacy to present at the Big 12 door.

But that was one of the things that attracted athletic director Chris Del Conte to Johnson. Amid the uncertainties of the new league, Del Conte knew it would take someone with Johnson’s integrity, his experience and his character to weather the stormy transition into the new league. …