Mocs on the Mic

On this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth recaps the Mocs’ Beach Volleyball and Track and Field seasons. Head Coach Darin Van Horn and sophomore Paige Gallentine sit down to recap the 2022 beach volleyball season. The duo discusses highs and lows, what there is to look forward to for the 2023 season and Gallentine compares her beach and indoor game. Head...

On this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth visits with Southern Champions, head coach Frank Reed and the SoCon Tournament's Most Outstanding Player, Brooke Parrott. Last week, the Mocs went 4-0 at the SoCon Tournament with wins over Western Carolina, Samford and two wins over top-seeded UNCG. The Mocs downed UNCG 9-7 in eight innings on Saturday to capture...

On this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth visits with new women's basketball head coach Shawn Poppie. Coach Poppie introduces his first staff that includes current assistant coach Jon Goldberg and newcomers Katelyn Grisillo and Jayda Worthy. The pair discuss getting settled, recruiting and what's in store for the team in the coming year. Poppie is the sev...

On this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth is talking Chattanooga golf and the NCAA. The Chattanooga Mocs recently wrapped up play in the Southern Conference Women's & Men's Golf Championships. The ladies went first in scenic Myrtle Beach, S.C., battling rainy, windy conditions at Barefoot Landing Resort's Dye Course. The men had a whole other experien...

On this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, head women's tennis coach Chad Camper and head men's coach Chuck Merzbacher sit down with host Chris Goforth to summarize the 2021-22 season. Both programs are coming off semifinal appearances in last week's Southern Conference Tournament which occurred right here in the Scenic City at Champions Club. It marked the first time since...

On this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth, softball assistant coach Scottie Kilgore and junior infielder Emily Coltharp discuss the team’s accomplishments at the halfway point of the season and the start of Southern Conference play. The Mocs return to the diamond this weekend at league-leading UNCG. Join us each week on Mocs on the Mic as we talk all thin...

On this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by FirstBank, football head coach Rusty Wright joins host Chris Goforth to discuss spring practice, Pro Day and the signing class. Coach Wright discusses his idea of the role of the quarterback and the team’s needs for the fall in replacing positions on the offensive line and in the defensive secondary as well as finding a quarterback. While the...

On this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth is joined by men’s basketball head coach Lamont Paris and student-athletes David Jean-Baptiste, Malachi Smith and Silvio De Sousa. Chattanooga is returning to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016 when the Mocs won the SoCon regular season and tournament titles. UTC earned a No. 13 seed and drew fourth...

Wrestling head coach Kyle Ruschell, along with Fabian Gutierrez and Matthew Waddell, joins host Chris Goforth on this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank to preview the NCAA Championships. Gutierrez, a 125-pound senior and Waddell, a 197-pound junior, won individual titles at the Southern Conference Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships March 17-19 i...

Chattanooga Mocs beach volleyball head coach  Darin Van Horn joins host Chris Goforth for this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank. Coach Van Horn highlights the upcoming 2022 Beach Volleyball season. The Chattanooga Beach Volleyball team begins its 2022 season on Friday, Feb. 25 Greeneville, Tenn. at a tournament hosted by Tusculum. The Mocs open the season with Tusculum...

On the 100thepisode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth sits with one of the NFL Draft's fast risers in offensive lineman Cole Strange. Strange completed his career here in November as one of the most decorated linemen in school history. First team All-America honors aplenty, 2-time Jacobs Blocking Award winner and all-around good guy. At the time of this interview, Cole...

Chattanooga Mocs head coach Frank Reed and junior outfielder Gracey Kruse join host Chris Goforth for this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank. Coach Reed and Kruse highlight the 2022 schedule and the roster. The Chattanooga softball team begins its 2022 season on Friday, Feb. 11 in Natchitoches, La. at the Natchitoches Historic District Development Commission Lady Demon Class...

Chattanooga Mocs head coach Rusty Wright joins host Chris Goforth for this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank. Coach Wright highlights the Mocs' 2022 Football Signing Day Class. The Mocs added to nearly every position group with 14 newcomers joining the 2022 roster in the signing period. Wright added two quarterbacks, a wide receiver and tight end as well as one defensive bac...

On this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth is joined by men’s and women’s tennis head coaches Chuck Merzbacher and Chad Camper to preview the upcoming season. Also on this week, Ryan Jones with the Mocs Club will update the “Mocs 1500” successful campaign. Merzbacher and Camper preview their rosters, the spring schedule and much more in this week’s episode...

On this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth talks with Chattanooga’s first Director of Volleyball, Julie Torbett. Torbett was announced as the seventh head coach of the indoor volleyball program on January 4, 2022. She comes to Chattanooga with more than 450 wins over 28 seasons. She discusses her vision for the program, what the spring semester looks like,...

On this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by Smartbank, host Chris Goforth talks with Chattanooga alum and first African-American scholarship student-athlete at UTC, Greg Andrews. Andrews was inducted into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame in October 2021 and is truly a pioneer of Chattanooga Athletics He shares his journey to the Scenic City, stories from his military career a...

Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Mark Wharton joins host Chris Goforth for this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank. The pair touch on a bevy of topics including the two open head coaching positions, the future of the addition to The McKenzie Arena and future possibilities of the Engel Stadium complex. Wharton touches on Chattanooga’s membership in the Southern Confer...

Chattanooga Wrestling Head Coach Kyle Ruschell and junior Franco Valdes join host Chris Goforth on this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank to preview the 2022 Southern Scuffle, presented by Compound Sportswear. Ruschell discusses this year’s field and what Mocs will be wrestling in the event. Valdes recaps one of his most memorable matches from the 2020 Scuffle and why you sh...

Mocs head coaches Andy Meyer (cross country) and Gavin McKinney (soccer) join host Chris Goforth on this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank to recap the fall season. The Mocs soccer team earned a first-round win over Wofford on penalty kicks, its first win in the SoCon Tournament since 2004. McKinney shares how the season went and what to look forward to next year. The team w...

On this week’s Chat with the Mocs presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth sat down with two of five members of Chattanooga’s 2021 Hall of Fame class. Heath Eslinger (former Wrestling Moc, ’96-‘00) and Rosinda Baron (former Tennis Moc, ’78-’81) were two among that class who we got to chat with about their time here at Chattanooga, post-college careers, and what this honor means to them. Tune in...

On this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth sits down with recent Chattanooga Hall of Fame inductee and former Pittsburgh Steeler Jim Bradshaw. Join us as we deep dive into Jim’s time as a Moc, his experience playing in the NFL and whit it means to be a Chattanooga Hall of Famer. Tune in each week to Mocs on the Mic as we highlight all things Chattanooga Mo...

On this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth talks with basketball head coaches Katie Burrows and Lamont Paris. Both teams will host exhibition games this week in the final tune-up for the regular season that gets rolling next week. Listen to head coaches Lamont Paris and Katie Burrows discuss their teams, schedules and welcoming the fans back to the Roundho...

On this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth talks with wrestling head coach Kyle Ruschell. Ruschell will enter his fourth season at the helm of Chattanooga Wrestling this season. Listen as Goforth and Ruschell discuss the roster leading up to the season. The Mocs kick off their season on Saturday with the Blue-Gold Scrimmage at the First Horizon Pavilion at...

On this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth talks with softball head coach Frank Reed. Reed will enter his 21st season at the helm of Chattanooga Softball in the spring. Listen as Goforth and Reed discuss the team's success in the fall as they recap the Blue and Gold World Series followed by a preview of what the spring schedule will bring. Tune in each wee...

On this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic presented by SmartBank, host Chris Goforth introduces us to a familiar face. Billy Wilson, former assistant director of Equipment and Facilities under Mike Royster, has stepped into the legend’s shoes following his retirement after 47 years with the Mocs to become the director. Listen as Goforth walks Wilson through his journey to UTC and the time he spent...