The 65-year-old Bumpas, the Horned Frogs’ defensive coordinator since 2004, helped the program lead the nation in total defense from 2008-10 while his 2014 defense led the nation in takeaways per game en route to a share of the Big 12 title. TCU also won the Mountain West three times during Bumpas’ tenure.
Bumpas has coached in the collegiate ranks since 1977, when he became a graduate assistant at Arkansas, his alma mater. From there he had short stints at Army and Air Force before being hired by Kansas State as the defensive line coach in 1981. That’s when he first crossed paths with TCU head coach Gary Patterson, who was a senior linebacker at the time. Patterson joined Bumpas on the KSU staff as a graduate assistant the following season.
Bumpas and Patterson also coached together at Tennessee Tech (1983-84), Utah State (1992-94) and Navy (1995) with Bumpas serving as defensive coordinator while Patterson coached the secondary.
Bumpas also had a stint as defensive line coach at Notre Dame and was the defensive coordinator at Houston and Western Michigan before reuniting with Patterson in 2004.
According to FootballScoop.com, TCU is expected to promote from within the staff for its next defensive coordinator.
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