The Sam Baugh Indoor Practice Facility and Cox Field was dedicated to the TCU Athletics Department on May 10th, 2007, and provides the student-athletes who don the Purple and White with one of the best indoor practice facilities in all of collegiate athletics.

Widely-recognized around the country as a model for future indoor facilities - the Linbeck Group was awarded with the 2008 AGC/Quoin Summit Merit Award sponsored by the Association of General Contractors for their efforts in constructing the Sam Baugh Indoor Practice Facility and Cox Field. A long-time partner of TCU Athletics - the Linbeck received the honor for developing the project to TCU's satisfaction and recruiting needs while overcoming the adversity of several weather-related obstacles, including 42 days of down time during the wettest year on record in Fort Worth.

The AGC/Quoin Summit Merit Award recognizes work completed in the calendar year and in various cost categories. The 80,000-square foot Sam Baugh Indoor Practice was a $7-million project and gives TCU a competitive edge in attracting the top student-athletes by providing a climate-controlled practice area. The Sam Baugh Indoor Practice Facility and Cox Field features an 80-yard field with a regulation 52-yard width and two full end zones.

The Jane and John Justin Foundation and Cox Family combined to give $7-million for the 80,000-square foot structure name in honor of the TCU football legend and NFL Hall of Famer - Slingin' Sammy Baugh. The Sam Baugh Indoor Practice Facility and Cox Field encloses the existing artificial turn practice field - giving the Frogs the option to move indoors on days when Mother Nature doesn't cooperate.

The Legacy of Slingin' Sammy Baugh

Two-time All-American Slingin' Sammy Baugh was an integral part of a proud football tradition that is matched by only a small few at TCU. Baugh had an almost instant connection with TCU as he grew up the street from TCU football legend and All-American center Ki Aldrich in Sweetwater, Texas.

During the 1935 campaign - Baugh led the 12-1 Horned Frogs to the NCAA National Championship - including a Sugar Bowl victory over LSU at the conclusion of the season. It would be the first of two national titles that the Purple and White would capture in a four-year stretch. In his final game for the Frogs - Baugh led TCU to a 16-6 victory over Marquette in the inaugural Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day 1937 and capped off a 9-2-2 overall mark.

The former TCU gun-slinger presided over a golden era of TCU football as the Purple and White claimed 29 victories from 1933-35 and 1934-36 - which currently are the most second-most victories for the Frogs over a three-year stretch.