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-

The 2009 schedule for the Chattanooga Mocs football program has been posted by the UTC Athletics office.  The Mocs will play five home games, opening up with Division II Glenville State College (West Virginia) on Thursday, September 3.  They open up their Southern Conference games at home on Saturday, September 12 versus Furman.  Homecoming will take place on September 26 as the Mocs host the Wofford Terriers.  And the season closes out against SEC power Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, November 21.

For more information on the schedule please visit GoMocs.com.

UTC Homecoming, September 15-20, 2008. Visit the Homecoming website at www.utc.edu/homecoming.

Homecoming week is one week away and many alumni and friends of the University are making plans to return to campus to enjoy the Homecoming festivities. Are you?

Here is a sampling of events occurring throughout the week:

• Monday: Check out the annual homecoming banner competition as you join the campus community for the homecoming kickoff pep rally at Heritage Plaza starting at 11:45 a.m.
• Tuesday: Come enjoy the musical performances as student organizations compete in the Homecoming Lip Sync contest (Roland Hayes Auditorium, 8:00 p.m.)
• Wednesday: Tradition abounds as students compete in the annual bed cart races down Vine Street during the Homecoming Field Games (Vine Street and Chamberlain Field, beginning at 5:00 p.m. and lasting all afternoon)
• Thursday: Meet and greet other Mocs fans at Big River Grille Downtown Chattanooga and enjoy a special UTC Homecoming Steamer Ale while sharing memories of your days at UTC (5:30 – 7:00 p.m.)
• Friday: Get a team of friends together to play in the Homecoming Golf tournament (shotgun start at 12:30 p.m.) and then head downtown for a UTC sponsored evening of music at the city’s Nightfall Music Concert at Miller Plaza. Or catch the thundering excitement of the annual Delta Sigma Theta Homecoming Stepdown, where student groups compete in a step show competition (McKenzie Arena, 8:00 p.m.). 
• Saturday: It’s game day. Take a tour of campus, watch the homecoming golf cart parade and then head over to First Tennessee Pavilion for a fun filled time at Scrappy’s Tailgate Nest. Afterwards, don your best blue and gold and head into Finley Stadium for the Mocs Homecoming matchup with the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. After the game head over to T. Bones for a 5th Quarter social event sponsored by the UTC Alumni Office and the UTC Mocs Club.

For a complete list of events, including all details (times, locations etc.), visit the UTC Homecoming website at www.utc.edu/homecoming.

Join us as we Moc ‘n Roll in style for Homecoming 2008.

UTC season ticket subscribers receive a significant discount on tickets over the single-game buyer, and this year’s Mocs home schedule includes six matchups (see schedule below).

Season ticket buyers get the best seat selection available and an option to purchase a ticket to the 2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Series Game before they go on sale to the general public.  Reserved chairback seat holders have the option to purchase VIP parking passes.

UTC alumni can get season tickets (general admission seat at all six games) for just $25 (as opposed to the regular $50 season ticket). That is less than $5/game. WHAT A DEAL!
Sorry, chairback seats do not qualify.

All 2007 season ticket holders who renew their order for 2008 by June 16 will be eligible to win one of 100 prizes.  The grand prize will be a trip to Tallahassee, Fla., for the Sept. 13 Chattanooga-Florida State football game.  The package includes two game tickets, two Mocs jerseys and a two-night stay in a Tallahassee hotel.  Also, all new season-ticket subscribers who place their orders by July 1 will receive a 10-percent discount off their ticket order.

Mocs Football Home Schedule

*NOTE: Mocs fans who wish to attend both the Oklahoma (Aug. 30) and Florida State (Sept. 13) games must purchase tickets by contacting the ticket office at 423-425-5273.

Order your season tickets and get your fan gear at GoMocs.com.

“1000 Riot at UT for 1.5 Hours”

That was the headline on the front page of The Knoxville News-Sentinel on Sunday, November 9, 1958, the day after the Chattanooga Mocs beat the Tennessee Vols 14-6 at UT’s Shields-Watkins Field.  Immediately following the game, students from The University of Chattanooga celebrated their win by tearing down both goal posts and parading through the streets. The scene according to UC alumni, students at the time, started out as celebratory but turned into a massive riot as Knoxville police began firing tear gas grenades. In the end, some $2,000 of damage was accumulated and ten students were arrested. 

The scene from that day remains fervently alive in the hearts of many UC alumni. And on Saturday, November 8, 2008, exactly fifty years to the day, the UTC campus will honor and celebrate that famous UC football event at the home game of the UTC versus Appalachian State football game.  It is fitting that the UTC Mocs will play the Mountaineers on this day.  Much commotion was made at the start of last season when the Appalachian State Mountaineers beat the Michigan Wolverines at the Big House in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  For the general public, it led to claims that the game was the biggest upset in college football history. But it was not the first time a small school beat a major powerhouse in their own backyard. For Chattanooga fans, the Appy State game sparked the memory of their big defeat of the Vols in Knoxville, putting “to shame the Tennessee football team’s disasterous season.”

The 1958 Chattanooga Mocs Football Team

The 1958 football team reunion will coincide with the Class of 1958 Reunion and 50-Plus Weekend events that will take place on November 7-8, 2008.  To learn more about the celebration, please visit www.utcalumni.com/reunions.php or call the UTC Office of Alumni Affairs at 423/425-4785 or 800/728-4882.