TCU Athletics
Remember those regretful days of yore when TCU was left out of the Southwest Conference-Big 12 reorganization mainly — supposedly — for lack of investment in its athletics programs and facilities?
Well, bless your hearts (and may God bless your souls), Ann Richards and Bob Bullock.
TCU recently began construction on what is being called the school’s most comprehensive project in its athletics history, the $50 million Athletics Human Performance Center Renovation and Expansion Projects, which will include two new facilities and the renovation of two others.
- Renovation of the Bob Lilly Performance Center
- Development of a Restoration and Wellness Center
- Construction of a new state-of-the-art Football Performance Center
- An expanded entryway to the TCU football facilities
Completion date is scheduled for July 2025. Linbeck is the general contractor. Populous is the architect of record.
Administrators said the projects will support all 515 TCU student-athletes in the 22-sport athletics program.
Funding was made possible through donors. Since beginning Big 12 Conference play in 2012, TCU has made nearly $500 million in donor-funded athletics facilities upgrades.
“These donor-funded facilities positions us as a national leader in support of student-athletes through innovation and the latest technology when it comes to training, preparation, restoration, wellness and nutrition,” said TCU Athletics Director Jeremiah Donati in a statement. “The commitment and investment by our donors in our student-athletes, on and off the field, underscores the momentum we are experiencing in our athletics program.”
The Athletics HPC is a comprehensive capital project that will add over 30,000 square feet in new facilities while renovating and enhancing roughly 20,000 square feet of the current Bob Lilly Performance Center.
The 10,000-square-foot Restoration and Wellness Center will include a cryo lounge, hydro massage and red light therapy.
“This project positions TCU athletics among the top collegiate athletics facilities in the country,” TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr. said. “The new Athletics Human Performance Center enables us to provide the most elite training and wellness programs for our student-athletes — which will help them achieve their goals on and off the field. We are grateful for our donors who are making this project possible through their generous support of TCU athletics.”
The new Football Performance Center will include 20,000 square feet of strength and conditioning space, conference rooms and technology centers that connect the Sam Baugh Indoor Practice Facility and the Morris Practice Fields.
