Dan sharp
EDDIE WILLIAMSON
DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL SPECIAL TEAMS
DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL OFFENSE
First Season as Director; 21st Overall at TCU
First Season as Director; 14th Overall at TCU
TCU, 1985
Davidson, 1974
One of the more popular players to ever don the TCU uniform, Dan Sharp is in his 14th year during his second stint as a member of the football staff at his alma mater. Sharp was named director of player personnel for special teams in 2014. A 2005 inductee into the TCU Lettermen’s Hall of Fame, Sharp returned to the Horned Frogs’ staff in 2001. He previously coached nine seasons at TCU before heading to Tulsa in 1998. Sharp guided true freshmen Jaden Oberkrom and Ethan Perry to Freshman All-America honors in 2012. Oberkrom was also a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, presented to the nation’s top placekicker. Perry’s 44.5-yard average ranked 14th nationally and second for a single season in TCU history. Oberkrom was an honorable-mention All-Big 12 selection in 2013. In his first two seasons at TCU, he had two of the four-longest field goals in school history while tying a Horned Frogs’ mark with 79 consecutive extra-points made. In 2011, TCU was second in the nation in kickoff return average with a 28.2-yard mark. The Horned Frogs returned three kickoffs for touchdowns with Greg McCoy receiving first-team All-America accolades and being the Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Year. Sharp previously coached at TCU (1991-97) under both Jim Wacker and Pat Sullivan. He mentored the tight ends for five years and handled the defensive ends for two seasons. Before joining the TCU staff on a full-time basis, Sharp served as a graduate assistant under Wacker. Sharp was a tight end on TCU’s 1984 team which went 8-3 and earned a trip to the Bluebonnet Bowl. He had a key touchdown reception in a 32-31 win at Arkansas, the Frogs’ first victory in Fayetteville in 29 years. In addition to providing outstanding blocking for TCU’s vaunted running game, Sharp earned All-Southwest Conference honors in 1984 as he caught 42 passes for 596 yards and seven touchdowns. He spent two years in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons before returning to TCU in 1988. He received his bachelor’s degree in secondary education from TCU in 1985 and his master’s in liberal arts in 1992. Sharp and his wife, Cindy, both natives of Boerne, Texas, are the parents of two daughters: Alexandra and Andrea.
A veteran of the collegiate coaching ranks, Eddie Williamson joined the TCU football staff in 2001 as the offensive line coach. He was given the title of assistant head coach in 2002. In 2014, Williamson was named director of player personnel for offense. Williamson coached 20 all-conference selections over the last nine seasons (2005-13). Two of his former TCU linemen (Marcus Cannon and Marshall Newhouse) are active in the National Football League, while All-American Jake Kirkpatrick won the 2010 Rimington Trophy as the nation’s top center. Offensive guard Blaize Foltz and center James Fry received All-Big 12 accolades in 2012. Williamson came to TCU from Wake Forest, where he served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. He joined the WFU staff in January 2000. Williamson also served as an assistant coach at Texas Southern, Baylor, North Carolina, Wake Forest, South Carolina, Georgia, Duke and Furman. At North Carolina, Williamson coached longtime NFL center and Pro Bowl selection Jeff Saturday. Williamson also has experience as a head coach, serving in that role at VMI from 1985-88. A part of 20 bowl teams, Williamson’s college coaching career began soon after graduating from Davidson College in 1974. A native of Pendleton, S.C., Williamson was a standout linebacker at Davidson (197173). He graduated in 1974 and went on to earn his master’s degree from Furman in 1976. Williamson and his wife, Patty, have three children: Eddie III, Carrie Beth and Tricia. The Williamsons also have two grandchildren.
DON SOMMER
DAVID GABLE
ASSISTANT A.D. FOR STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE
14th Season at TCU
12th Season at TCU
UTEP, 1987
Nebraska, 1993
Don Sommer is in his 14th year as TCU’s head strength and conditioning coach after arriving on campus in January 2001. He was promoted to assistant athletics director in 2011. In his capacity, Sommer is responsible for the overall direction, design and implementation of strength and conditioning programs for all 20 sports at TCU. In the 2005-06 athletics season, TCU led the nation with five football players and a total of 10 student-athletes receiving All-America honors from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Sommer was named the 2008 National Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by footballscoop.com. Sommer came to TCU after serving in a similar capacity at Missouri for two years. He had been part of the Tiger program since 1989, serving first as a graduate assistant for two years before assuming the assistant strength and conditioning coaching post in 1991. Sommer was one of 10 individuals to receive the prestigious certification of “Master Strength & Conditioning Coach” at the 2003 Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA) national conference. He joined the existing 26 Master Strength & Conditioning Coaches, bringing the total number of MSCCs in the world to 36 at the time of his certification. Sommer is a graduate of UTEP with a bachelor’s degree in education. He was a fouryear letterman and starter for the Miners’ football squad before playing professionally with the Buffalo Bills and Indianapolis Colts. Sommer returned to the classroom following his playing career and earned his master’s degree in health education from Missouri. Sommer and his wife, Cindy, have two children: Dayne and Kaylin.
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David Gable is in his 12th season as the head athletics trainer for football at TCU and his seventh year as Associate Director of Sports Medicine. He is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association and licensed in the state of Texas. In addition to his primary responsibility of providing health care for the football team, Gable’s additional duties include managing the new 6,000-square-foot Walsh Sports Medicine Center as well as inventory control and purchasing for the Sports Medicine department. He also oversees TCU’s summer sports camps and serves as the director of the Gatorade summer camp and the TCU/SMU athletic training workshop for high school students. Gable also serves as a preceptor within the CAATE-approved Athletic Training Education Program through the Department of Kinesiology and manages the Sports Medicine work study program. Prior to joining the Frogs, Gable spent several years working at HealthSouth Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Ala. He also earned professional experience with the Carolina Panthers (NFL), Kansas City Chiefs (NFL), Florida Bobcats (Arena 1), Birmingham SteelDogs (Arena 2), Birmingham Thunderbolts (XFL) and the Rhein Fire (NFL Europe), where he was the head athletic trainer and part of two world championship teams during his three years in Dusseldorf, Germany. Gable, a native of Gering, Neb., received his bachelor’s degree in education with an emphasis in athletic training from Nebraska in 1993 and his master’s in physical education/health and sports sciences from Ohio in 1994. He is also a veteran of the United States Army. He and his wife, Samantha, have two daughters: Kylee and Kamryn.
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