Daniel Pullin resigned as Texas Christian University’s chancellor effective immediately on Oct. 22, 2026, and Victor Boschini Jr. was brought back to the role the same day. TCU did not name an interim chancellor, making the change at the top of the university immediate and complete.
The switch matters because TCU is in the middle of an aggressive growth plan, and the next phase now falls to a familiar hand. Boschini led the university for 22 years before returning, and TCU said he will execute the strategic plan while overseeing daily campus life.
The university gave no reason for Pullin’s resignation and did not provide details about his separation terms. That silence stands out because Pullin had helped develop TCU’s expansion strategy before becoming chancellor in June 2025, after joining the university in 2019 as dean of the Neeley School of Business and beginning his presidential tenure on Feb. 1, 2023.
In the same period, TCU has been pushing toward a larger footprint. It enrolled 13,241 students in the fall, a record, and welcomed its largest incoming class for the second consecutive year. The university has said it wants to reach about 17,900 students by 2035 and attain Carnegie R1 status, with housing construction intended to support that growth by fall 2027.
That plan also includes more than $500 million in outside investment for two developments, one for 2,450 beds in new campus housing and another for about 780 beds at Morado on Berry plus retail space. In June, TCU launched the Roach Institute of Athlete Engineering with a $10 million gift, connecting athletic performance research with uses for military personnel, first responders and workers in physically demanding jobs.
Pullin’s tenure also included TCU for Texans, a financial aid program for qualifying incoming Texas students whose family income is below $100,000 and who meet Pell Grant eligibility and other requirements. In October 2025, the university also announced plans to fold its race and gender studies departments into English, a move that drew questions from faculty about consultation and possible political pressure.
Pullin said he would always be invested in what TCU stands for, and he said he loved the students and was proud of what their futures would become. Boschini’s return gives TCU continuity at a moment when the university is trying to keep its expansion schedule on track, but the unanswered question is why Pullin was pushed out so suddenly after less than 17 months in the job.
