UTC club basketball players play inside Maclellan Gym (photo by Angela Foster).
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga club sports program is a great way for students to get involved in a team setting while also getting exercise and creating bonds with other students.
“Club sports are all student-run organizations,” said Eddrick Brooks, the coordinator of club sports and the UTC Sports Complex. “These clubs include a president, vice president, treasurer and a full-time faculty and staff or staff advisor.”
Club sports vary by season. New clubs can always be started and inactive clubs can always be reactivated. The current list of sports offered includes:
- co-ed: fencing, pickleball, tennis, Isshinryu karate, swim, climbing, cycling, rowing, table tennis (inactive)
- both men’s and women’s teams: basketball, lacrosse, soccer, ultimate frisbee, volleyball
- men’s teams: baseball, roller hockey, hurling
- women’s teams: softball
For students interested in joining existing clubs, the club sports page on the UTC website can direct students to where they need to be.
UTC women’s club volleyball (photo by Clara Paulson)
Ben Lamontagne and several of his closest friends established the pickleball club team in 2024.
“To me, being involved in club pickleball is more than just competing and representing UTC,” said Lamontagne, a civil engineering senior. “The community has brought me lasting friendships, and traveling with the team has been where my favorite memories have been made while at UTC.”
Nursing student Emily Nguyen plays club soccer as a way to take a break from her studies.
“I joined the women’s club soccer team because I wanted to stay active, meet new people and continue doing something I love,” said Nguyen, a junior at UTC. “Soccer has been a perfect way to de-stress and find balance in my schedule.”
Along with getting together as a team and creating memories, club sports have created professional opportunities for students.
“Since coming to play on the men’s lacrosse team, I have fallen in love with the sport again and it has created many opportunities for me,” said Luke Robbins, a senior majoring in management.
Robbins got the opportunity to work as the lacrosse team’s social media manager.
“It allowed me to grow my skills as a graphic design artist while also helping me understand engagement and algorithms on Instagram and Facebook,” he said.
For students interested in joining or creating a club, Brooks gave the blueprint of what is required.
“All it takes is five interested students, selection of a president, vice president, treasurer, and a full-time faculty and staff advisor,” he explained. “Also a constitution and to register the organization on MocSync, then they’re good to go.”
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UTC Karate Club members practice defensive stances during a training session (photo by Clara Paulson).
