FWST: TCU’s Jamie Dixon plans to skip rebuild, move straight to Big 12 success
By Jimmy Burch jburch@star-telegram.com
Jamie Dixon, TCU’s new men’s basketball coach, understands the mathematical challenge of trying to turn around a program that has averaged two conference wins per season as a Big 12 member.
But the former Pitt coach, a player on TCU’s last team to win an NCAA tournament game in 1987, envisions making the Horned Frogs competitive this season despite inheriting the returnees from a 12-21 squad and a program that is 8-64 in Big 12 play over the past four seasons.
Dixon has added seven newcomers to his nine returning lettermen since taking over the TCU program in March. The list includes point guard Jaylen Fisher, a four-star signee who is the highest-ranked recruit in program history (No. 34 nationally).