Mocs on the Mic

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth chats with offensive coordinator Joe Pizzo and defensive coordinator Mike Yeager. The 8th-ranked Chattanooga Mocs just completed fall camp in preparation for the fast approaching 2024 season. Now the team shifts to game prep with an August 31 date looming at Tennessee followed by another FBS road test at Georgia State before coming home...

Soccer kicks off this week. Head coach Gavin McKinney and host Chris Goforth discuss what to expect this season on the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic. The Mocs will travel to Tennessee this Sunday and host Alabama in the home opener on August 25. Clarissa Salinas was named to the Southern Conference Preseason All-Conference Team. Keeper Caroline Ekern returns to protect the net and Caroline Ric...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic host Chris Goforth and Julie Torbett Thomas talk Mocs volleyball.   Entering her third season as the head coach and director of volleyball at UTC, Mocs are coming off of their winningest season yet under Torbett Thomas direction in 2023. After finishing the year 19-14 and reaching the SoCon Tournament Semifinals for the second consecutive year, Torbett...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth heads down memory lane with long-time broadcaster Larry Ward as he announces his retirement from Chattanooga women's basketball. Ward spent 26 seasons calling games for Chattanooga and saw the Mocs win 70 percent of the time. He called over 800 games starting with Craig Parrott. He returned with Wes Moore and followed Jim Foster, Katie B...

The 2023-24 season draws to a close and host Chris Goforth gets an update on the Mocs from Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Mark Wharton.   He touches on the construction of the addition to The McKenzie Arena and when the Mocs expect to take possession and move in and what the fans can look forward to when basketball season tips off.   With the departure of Shawn Poppie to Clems...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth is joined by head men’s tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher and head women’s tennis coach Chad Camper to recap the 2024 spring season for each program. The men’s tennis team featured a program record seven All-Southern Conference selections in 2024 which was highlighted by Freshman of the Year Jakub Jupa. The team advanced to the SoCon Tournam...

On this episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth looks back with softball head coach Frank Reed on a successful season and forward to the NCAA Tournament. The Mocs won both the Southern Conference regular season and tournament titles, the first time since 2015. In the regular season, UTC swept four series and finished three games up on second place UNCG. The two teams met three times in the...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth talks with head coach Darin Van Horn about his team’s historic fifth season for Chattanooga beach volleyball, as the Mocs prepare to head to Gulf Shores for the 2024 NCAA Championships.   The Mocs were able to claim both the Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles en route to earning the No. 17 seed in this year’...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth talks with women’s basketball head coach Deandra Schirmer. She is the eighth head coach in UTC women’s basketball 50-year history.   Schirmer found success at Valdosta State with an impressive 114-31 record in five years. She helped VSU punch its ticket into each of the last four NCAA Division II Tournaments with her team making an...

On this episode of Mocs on the Mic, it’s Wrestling Wrapup Week. Host Chris Goforth and head coach Kyle Ruschell talk all things Mocs wrestling. That includes SoCon Champs Brayden Palmer and Isaiah Powe making trips to the national tournament and the rise of young guns Blake Boarman, Kamdyn Munro & Sergio Desiante.   Follow Mocs on the Mic on GoMocs.com, Spotify or Apple Podcasts as we dis...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth and several guests relive the 2009 UTC men’s basketball appearance on the Jimmy Fallon Show 15 years ago.   Come along as we take a behind-the-scenes look with then-head coach John Shulman, former Moc Nicchaeus Doaks as well as JAy Blackman, deputy AD and Jim Horten, the SID for men’s basketball.   NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth talks with women’s basketball head coach Shawn Poppie and junior Sigrun Olafsdottir about the Mocs upcoming trip to the 2024 NCAA Tournament.   In just his second season, Poppie is leading the Mocs to his second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance after leading Chattanooga to yet another Southern Conference Tournament win in Ashe...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth talks softball with head coach Frank Reed.   Reed reached his 1200th career victory earlier this season with the Mocs first win in the annual Frost Classic.   The pair discuss his accomplishment and take a look at the season as UTC heads toward Southern Conference play on March 22 at Samford. Follow Mocs on the Mic on GoMocs.co...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth delves into the volleyball seasons with Director of Volleyball and indoor head coach Julie Torbett and beach volleyball head coach Darin Van Horn.   Torbett is coming off a 2023 season in which she led the Mocs to a 19-14 record on the year, marking her second consecutive winning season at the helm of the UTC volleyball program. &nb...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic, men’s tennis head coach Chuck Merzbacher and women’s head coach Chad Camper join host Chris Goforth to preview the upcoming 2024 spring season.   The men’s tennis team is coming off one of its most successful campaigns in program history after finishing the 2023 season with an 18-7 overall record, which included a 6-1 mark in league play and the progr...

On this episode of Mocs on the Mic, host Chris Goforth delves into the men’s and women’s golf seasons with head coaches Colette Murray and Blaine Woodruff to recap the fall and look forward to the spring.   The Mocs golf teams had good starts to the season. Their respective falls included two team wins for the men and three individual titles between the two programs.   The guy are Top 25...

Chattanooga women’s basketball head coach Shawn Poppie and junior guard Addie Grace Porter check in with Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank host Chris Goforth to give an update on the team.   The women are off to a 14-3 start this season, including back-to-back victories over Mercer and Samford to open Southern Conference play. Poppie and Porter discuss the team’s hot start to the season,...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, Mocs wrestling head coach Kyle Ruschell joins host Chris Goforth to recap the 2024 Southern Scuffle hosted by UTC.   The Chattanooga Mocs had its best finish in the recently completed Southern Scuffle since 2012. It was an impressive performance.   Four medalists, also the most since 2012, took the podium: - 3rd place: Isai...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth welcomes Anastasia Zhukova, former member of the Mocs women’s tennis program and a member of the newest class of the UTC Athletics Hall of Fame. Zhukova was a two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year in her two seasons in the program. She posted a 23-1 dual match singles record at No. 1 in 2006 and a 24...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth continues his talks with the newest members of the UTC Athletics Hall of Fame. This week’s guest is current Mocs softball head coach Frank Reed. Reed, in his 23rd year at UTC, was inducted into the 2023 Class alongside former student-athlete Michelle Fuzzard LaCourse. The six-time SoCon Coach of the Year has more t...

On this episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth meets with football head coach Rusty Wright to recap an exciting season. The Chattanooga Mocs completed the 2023 football season last weekend reaching the second round of the FCS Playoffs for the fourth time in school history. It was quite the campaign.   The Mocs won eight games for the 13th time and six in the SoC...

On this episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth talks with the first of our UTC Athletics Hall of Fame inductees, Michelle Fuzzard LaCourse (2008-12). She earned multiple accolades in her five years with Chattanooga. She was named the 2008 SoCon Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year in 2011. She was named to the league’s All-Conference First Team three times and...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth catches up with former Mocs football player and wrestler Torrez Finney. Goforth and Finney, also known as “The Punisher”, discuss his fight in Dana White’s Contender Series in Las Vegas on October 10 and his future in MMA. Finney is 7-0-0 and got a submission against previously undefeated Yuri Panferov. Follow each...

On this episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth welcomes Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development Ryan Jones. Jones directs the Mocs Club, the philanthropic arm of the athletics department. On “Mocs Give Day” a record $1,103,861 was raised in cash and commitments from 711 donors. Jones and Goforth discuss where that money is used and future projects. Follow...

On the latest episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth and cross country head coach Andy Meyer preview the Southern Conference Championships. The Mocs are on the road to Kernersville, N.C., for the Friday morning championship meet. The women, led by Lesley Boyd, run the 5-kilometer course at 10:00 a.m. and the men’s 8K will start at 10:45 a.m. Boyd is a two-time SoCon...