Sonny Dykes

Sonny Dykes

Daniel "Sonny" Dykes (born November 9, 1969) is an American football coach and a former college baseball player. He is the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU). Dykes previously served as an offensive analyst for TCU (2017) and as the head football coach at University of California, Berkeley for four seasons (2013–16) and Louisiana Tech University for three seasons (2010–12). Dykes began his career as a high school baseball and football coach in Texas, then moved up to the junior college and college level as an assistant football coach, including stints with Kentucky, Texas Tech, and Arizona. In 2010, Dykes became a head college football coach for the first time at Louisiana Tech. After a 5–7 record in his first season, Dykes led Louisiana Tech to an 8–5 record in 2011 with a Western Athletic Conference title and followed that with a 9–3 record in 2012. Dykes then became head coach at California in 2013. After coaching Cal football to its worst season (1–11) in program history in 2013, Dykes improved to 5–7 in 2014 and then to an 8–5 record and Armed Forces Bowl victory in 2015. He finished the 2016 season with 5–7 record, his third losing season in four years at California, culminating in him being fired in January 2017. In 2017, Dykes was hired as head coach at Southern Methodist University. After achieving a 5-7 record in 2018, Dykes coached the Mustangs to a 10-win season in 2019. This marked the program's most wins in a season since 1984.

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