Ryan Higginbotham

Biography

Ryan Higginbotham was named an assistant coach at TCU in January 2012. He is entering his 14th season with the program in 2025 serving as the top recruiting assistant as well as coaching the field players. Head coach Eric Bell's side kick since day one on campus, the duo have been instrumental in building TCU Soccer into a national brand. They coached the program to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2016 and have been a staple in the national tournament, appearing in eight of the last nine. Most recently, the Horned Frogs went on to win the Big 12 regular season crown for the third time in the past five years, going undefeated in conference play with a 9-0-2 mark. TCU has qualified for the all 13 Big 12 championships in his time with the program. Six times the Horned Frogs have made waves in the tournament, advancing to the tournament championship game in 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024. In 2021, the Frogs completed a dominating run through the tournament to claim their first-ever tournament title with a 2-1 victory over Texas. The Horned Frogs' tournament run coupled with an undefeated non-conference schedule led to the program's first-ever berth in the NCAA Tournament in 2016. They backed up that appearance with a second-straight berth in 2017. Another appearance and the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament victory followed in 2018. TCU's run to another tournament championship game in 2019 led to a fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Fa