His 109 wins were the most in school history until Gary Patterson passed him in 2012.
Current Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson installed the nickel partly out of necessity upon finding that larger and more prominent programs, most notably those of the large public universities in Texas, were able to "recruit away" most of the large athletes who would otherwise be available to the TCU program.
Another popular visitor was American Sprintcar great Gary Patterson (promoted in Australia as "The Hostile Hippy"), who proved to be unbeatable on nearly every occasion.
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Several of Darnell's assistant coaches have gone on to be head coaches, including Dennis Franchione, Gary Patterson, Bill Cubit, Jim Knowles, Dan Enos, and J. C. Harper.