Vote for Coach Russ Huesman for Liberty Mutual’s Coach of the Year honors.

What Is Coach of the Year?

Liberty Mutual realizes that academic standings mean as much as divisional standings. And that how you win is just as important as winning itself. Which is why the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award was created.

More than just a trophy, this Award provides each winning coach with $50,000 to donate to the charity or charities of his choice, as well as a $20,000 grant to donate to his school’s alumni association.

What Does It Take to Win?

Fans can vote now through December 6 and can vote once a day for as many days as they like. The finalists in each division will be selected by December 14 and then a final round of voting will take place to pick the winning coach. The winning coach will be announced on January 6, 2010.

Coach Huesman is listed under the Division 1AA.

Click here to vote for Coach Huesman.

Come watch the Mocs play in Birmingham versus Samford on October 10th. The UTC Alumni Office and UTC Mocs Club have arranged a bus, tailgate and ticket package for those who want to travel together to watch the game.  Tailgating will include a catered lunch including non-alcoholic beverages.

Package Prices:

• Bus, Ticket & Tailgate: $50/person
• Ticket & Tailgate: $25/person
• Tailgate only: $10/person

To reserve your spot, please contact Patrick Miles at 423/425-4785 or email at Patrick-Miles@utc.edu.

SoCon Football Preseason Media Teleconference to be Streamed Online

Fans Can Participate by Submitting Questions for League Coaches and Players

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference preseason football media teleconference on Tuesday, July 28 will be streamed live throughout the day on SoConSports.com, giving SoCon football fans the chance to hear the league’s head football coaches and select players discuss the upcoming season.

In addition, fans will have the opportunity to contribute to this year’s event by submitting questions for coaches and student-athletes – one of which will be chosen for each participant in the teleconference. Fans should email their questions to SoConFootball2009@gmail.com, including the following information:

· Your name

· Hometown

· Favorite SoCon team

· Coach or student-athlete to whom your question is directed

· Question

The event kicks off at 8:45 a.m. (ET) when league commissioner John Iamarino will give remarks and be available for questions from the media.

Starting at 9:00 a.m., each coach will be allotted 30 minutes for interviews, and every student-athlete will fill a 15-minute window following his head coach. In order to help media members who cannot stay on for the entire call, we will not begin a coach or player’s interview until his allotted time slot.

A complete schedule is attached below.

SoCon Football Media Day Schedule

8:45             Commissioner John Iamarino

9:00             The Citadel

Kevin Higgins, 9:00

Andre Roberts, 9:30

9:45             Wofford

Mike Ayers, 9:45

Mitch Clark, 10:15

10:30 Chattanooga

Russ Huesman, 10:30

Joseph Thornton, 11:00

11:15            Furman

Bobby Lamb, 11:15

Justin Brown, 11:45

12:00            Georgia Southern

Chris Hatcher, 12:00

Cole Fountain, 12:30

12:45            Appalachian State

Jerry Moore, 12:45

Armanti Edwards, 1:15

1:30             Western Carolina

Dennis Wagner, 1:30

Chris Collins, 2:00

2:15             Elon

Pete Lembo, 2:15

Terrell Hudgins, 2:45

3:00             Samford

Pat Sullivan, 3:00 (2:00 CT)

Chris Evans, 3:30 (2:30 CT)

NOTE: All times are EASTERN and student-athlete participants are subject to change.

-www.SoConSports.com-

It was a standing room only crowd at Big River Grille in downtown Chattanooga, TN on Sunday night (March 15, 2009) as the Chattanooga Mocs head basketball coach, John Shulman, offered up remarks about the Mocs’ appearance in the 2009 NCAA basketball tournament, the first since the 2005 season.  Read the rest of this entry »