Gary Patterson joining Baylor staff?

Former TCU football coach Gary Patterson will become a consultant at Baylor in 2024. Private universities Baylor and TCU have a seriously intense rivalry. Baylor in Waco, Texas, is about an hour and 20 minutes away from Texas Christian University up Interstate 35 in Fort Worth. Patterson was 9-4 as head coach at TCU against Baylor. Patterson won 113 times in 172 conference games at TCU. Overall, Patterson was 181-79 as winningest head coach of the Horned Frogs. He was 11-6 in bowl games as head coach. Did you know TCU won 10 games in 11 of his 21 seasons as coach of the Frogs? TCU finished in the Associated Press Top 10 six times. … His 2014 TCU team and Baylor shared the Big 12 championship. He won four titles in Mountain West and the 2002 Conference USA championship. … Patterson, now age 63, left TCU in 2021 abruptly after eight games. He served as special assistant at Texas under Steve Sarkisian during 2022. … TCU plays at Baylor Nov. 2. Patterson won five times in the last six games he coached TCU against Baylor. In 2023, the Bears were 3-9 under Coach Dave Aranda (age 47), who will be coaching his fifth season in Waco. Aranda’s Bears won the 2022 Big 12 title.