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Jim Christian |
TCU athletics director Danny Morrison has announced the hiring of Jim Christian as head men's basketball coach on March 29, 2008.
Christian comes to TCU after serving the last six years as head coach at Kent State, where he won at least 20 games each season and compiled a record of 138-58 (.704) for the highest winning percentage in Mid-American Conference history. Christian led the Golden Flashes to five postseason appearances, including NCAA Tournament trips in 2006 and 2008.
Kent State was 28-7 this season as it earned the first top-25 ranking in school history, peaking at No. 23 by the Associated Press and 24th in the ESPN/USA Today poll. Christian was named the MAC Coach of the Year for the second time in the last three seasons.
The 2007-08 campaign saw the Golden Flashes make their second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years. Kent State's No. 9 seed this season was its highest seed in the school's NCAA Tournament history.
"I am very appreciative of Chancellor Boschini and Dr. Morrison for this wonderful opportunity," Christian said. "TCU's tremendous commitment to having a successful basketball program and its first-class facilities are what made this position so attractive to me.
"There's a lot of momentum at TCU, and I'm extremely excited to be a part of it. Fort Worth, fertile recruiting in the Metroplex and Texas, and the competitiveness of the Mountain West Conference are part of many positive aspects of this job. I feel extremely fortunate to be a Horned Frog and can't wait to get started."
Christian's teams have excelled in conference play. The Golden Flashes were 79-28 (.738) in the MAC over his six seasons as head coach, including a 40-10 (.800) mark the last three campaigns. Kent State was also 71-14 (.835) under Christian at home with a 16-0 record this year.
In just six seasons, Christian climbed to second place on Kent State's career victories list (138). During his tenure, the Golden Flashes posted 14 winning streaks of at least five games.
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Jeff Mittie |
In the first 22 seasons of TCU women's basketball, the Lady Frogs had just four winning seasons and zero trips to the NCAA Tournament. On Aug. 19, 1999, the face and reputation of the TCU women's basketball program changed with the hiring of Jeff Mittie as TCU's sixth head coach.
Now entering his 10th season at TCU, Mittie has led the Lady Frogs on one of the greatest turnarounds in women's basketball history. The 42-year-old Mittie has guided the Lady Frogs to winning seasons in each of his nine years, while taking TCU to eight consecutive postseason tournaments, including seven NCAA Tournament berths from 2001 through 2007.
Since his arrival in Fort Worth, Mittie has compiled a 196-95 (.674) record in nine seasons, while nearly matching the win total the program accomplished in the first 22 seasons of existence. With 196 wins at TCU, Mittie has accounted for 48.5 percent of the school's wins in 31 seasons of basketball. Prior to Mittie's arrival, TCU owned a 208-402 (.340) mark.
Overall, Mittie has been a head coach for 16 seasons, compiling a 347-154 (.693) record. He ranks as women's college basketball's current leader in victories for a coach age 42 or younger. His winning percentage ranks 28th among all active coaches, as well as 29th all-time for coaches with a minimum of 10 years of Division I experience.
Under Mittie, the Lady Frogs were one of only 12 programs to advance to seven straight NCAA Tournaments between 2001 and 2007. TCU currently is the only school in the state of Texas to reach the postseason tournaments following each of the past eight seasons.
Others have taken notice of the recent success experienced by TCU. Two of Mittie's former assistant coaches, Larry Tidwell and Yolanda Wells-Broughton, have moved on to Division I head coaching positions at Lamar University and Texas Southern, respectively, during the last two years.
TCU earned its eighth straight postseason berth, and first Women's National Invitational Tournament appearance, in 2007-08 after Mittie led the squad to its highest finish in three seasons as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Lady Frogs rallied from a 5-7 start to the season and at one point won 11 of 12 games on their way to a 23-12 campaign. In addition to finishing runner-up to undefeated Utah in the MWC standings, the squad tied a single-season program record for conference victories with a 13-3 leage record.
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