Chattanooga Mocs | |
University: | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
Association: | NCAA |
Conference: | SoCon (primary) Ohio Valley Conference (beach volleyball) |
Division: | Division I (FCS) |
Director: | Mark Wharton |
Location: | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Teams: | 16 |
Stadium: | Finley Stadium (football, soccer) |
Basketballarena: | McKenzie Arena |
Arena2: | Maclellan Gymnasium |
Mascot: | mockingbird |
Nickname: | Mocs |
Fightsong: | Fight Chattanooga |
Pageurl: | http://www.gomocs.com/ |
The Chattanooga Mocs (formerly the Chattanooga Moccasins) are the 16 teams representing the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in intercollegiate athletics. The Mocs compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).[1]
Moc is the shortened version of the original nickname, "Moccasins." It also refers to the northern mockingbird, Tennessee's state bird.[2]
A member of the Southern Conference, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga currently sponsors teams in six men's and 10 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[3]
Men's intercollegiate sports | Team article | Head coach | Women's intercollegiate sports | Team article | Head coach | ||
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Basketball | Mocs basketball | Dan Earl | Basketball | Mocs basketball | Deandra Schirmer | ||
Cross country | Andy Meyer | Beach volleyball | Darin Van Horn | ||||
Football | Mocs football | Rusty Wright | Cross country | Andy Meyer | |||
Golf | Mark Guhne | Golf | Colette Murray | ||||
Tennis | Carlos Garcia | Soccer | Gavin McKinney | ||||
Wrestling | Mocs wrestling | Kyle Ruschell | Softball | Frank Reed | |||
Tennis | Chad Camper | ||||||
Track & field (indoor & outdoor) | Andy Meyer | ||||||
Volleyball (indoor) | Julie Torbett |
NCAA | Division II | Men's Basketball | 1977 | Randolph–Macon | 71–62 |
Women's Tennis[4] | 1983 | UC Davis | 5–4 | ||
1984 | SIU Edwardsville | 8–1 | |||
1985 | Notre Dame | 8–1 |