Mocs on the Mic

It’s game week for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga soccer team and head coach Gavin McKinney and senior forward Chloe Arnold are the featured guests on the Mocs on the Mic podcast. These two join host Chris Goforth to talk about the lone match of the fall against Georgia State. Match time is set for Sunday, Sept. 13, at 6:00 p.m. (E.D.T.) at the UTC Sports Complex. Fans will not be allo...

This week on Mocs on the Mic we visit with Emmy Award winning actor, director and producer Bill Landry.  A former utility player on the 1969 Chattanooga football roster, Landy played two seasons with the Mocs. He is best known across East Tennessee as the host of WBIR’s The Heartland series (1984-2009). Bill discusses his time at UTC as a theater Major, growing up in Chattanooga and how his l...

Now that we know what the 2020 football season looks like for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team, head coach Rusty Wright jumps on this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic. Wright and host Chris Goforth talk about what led up to the decision to play the single game at Western Kentucky on Oct. 24 and the overall state of the program. Coach Wright also touches on his thoughts on...

Host Chris Goforth visits with UTC soccer legend DonnaKay Henry on this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic.  A native of Queens Village, N.Y., Henry was a four-time All-Southern Conference performer from 2008-11.  Henry scored a school-record four goals against South Carolina State and holds the record for most points in a game. She ranks in the top five in four single-season categor...

This week's Mocs on the Mic podcast includes a Mocs Club update from UTC Associate Athletics Director for Development Lee Roberts .  With the recent cancellation of fall sports in the Southern Conference, there will be a lot of emphasis on the importance of the Mocs Club this fall.  Host Chris Goforth and Roberts chat about how the Mocs Club impacts the student-athlete experience at UTC.  He gives...

Current Philadelphia Phillies Mental Skills and Performance Coach and former two-sport student-athlete Hannah (Thurley) Huesman joins host Chris Goforth on this week's episode of Mocs on the Mic.  Huesman began her career in Major League Baseball as a Mental Conditioning Coach Intern with the Pittsburgh Pirates before joining the Phillies staff full-time in 2019. She focuses on the mental aspects...

Alex Black came to Chattanooga from Memphis where she played for former Mocs’ assistant Becky Myatt Starks at Harding Academy.  In her four years with UTC, Alex helped the Mocs to an historic win over fourth-ranked Tennessee, two Southern Conference regular season titles, two SoCon Tournament crowns and back-to-back NCAA appearances. She was named All-Conference by the league coaches in her s...

While their paths to UTC were very different, former Mocs’ cagers Karen Mills and Skip Clark met on the basketball court and have continued that friendship on the stage as stand up comedians.  Mills, an all-conference performer from Cleveland, Tenn., holds the school record for assists and is second for steals. The quick-handed point guard ranks among the best in scoring with more than 1,000...

Lanni Marchant, the 2007 Southern Conference Female Athlete of the Year, talks about her journey to her second Olympic Summer Games as a member of the Canadian team on this week’s episode of Mocs on the Mic. Marchant qualified in the 10K and Marathon in 2016 and is currently training in Colorado for a second shot at the Marathon. The Ontario native is a six-time Southern Conference Champion in cro...

We’re excited to get in the way-back machine for this week’s Mocs on the Mic Podcast. OK…so maybe not way back but our heroes are former standouts on the Roundhouse hardcourt. Our host Chris Goforth spends time visiting with Greg Pryor and Justin Tuoyo. Pryor was a 4-year starter during one of the best runs in school history. He directed an 88-win run from the point guard position including a scho...

This week's edition of Mocs on the Mic highlights the softball program and includes head coach Frank Reed in addition to a pair of local standout transfers, Kaili Phillips and Brooke Parrott.  Phillips earned SEC All-Freshman honors as a catcher at Tennessee in 2019 after appearing in 51 games while batting .246 with 10 homers and 36 RBI. She was the 77th ranked player in the FloSoftball nati...

This week's edition of Mocs on the Mic is the 24th installment of the podcast dedicated to UTC Athletics. This one takes a look at a pair of former Mocs who have having outstanding professional careers in their respective sports.  First up is former women’s basketball star Jasmine Joyner. Joyner competed for the Mocs from 2014-17, ending her career with a Southern Conference record 436 blocks...

Episode 23 of the Mocs on the Mic podcast came out today. This week's edition features Chattanooga volleyball alum and current European professional Allie Davenport ('16), in addition to head coach Travis Filar. Davenport recently signed in France with the Saint Die des Vosges club, the third professional contract of her career since graduating from UTC. She has made numerous playing stops oversea...

This week's edition celebrates the 35th anniversary of the 1985 NCAA Division II Women’s Tennis National Championship Team.  That team capped off the second golden era of UTC women’s tennis. Led by head coach Tommy Bartlett, the Mocs won the NCAA Division II title in 1983, 1984 and 1985. Chattanooga also won AIAW national titles in 1977, 1978 and 1979 under head coaches Alice Tym and Bill Tym...

This week's edition catches up one of the most accomplished members of the current UTC staff, women’s basketball assistant coach Debbie Black.  A three sport collegiate star at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Black played both softball and basketball for Hall of Fame Coach Jim Foster. She also played field hockey for the Hawks.  Black went on to an accomplished career in profess...

Host Chris Goforth talks with head coach Gavin McKinney (0:35) and senior forward Emily Szymanski about this unusual summer and the upcoming season.  McKinney is entering his sixth year at UTC. The Mocs re coming off a 9-6-4 overall record in 2019, including a 4-4-1 mark in SoCon play. UTC set school record for shutouts (9), goals-against average (0.75) and goals allowed (15) last season. &nb...

Host Chris Goforth talks with men’s golf head coach Mark Guhne (0:35), men’s tennis head coach Chuck Merzbacher (17:20) and women’s tennis head coach Chad Camper (28:05).  Guhne is a four-time Southern Conference Coach of the Year who just wrapped up his 15th season leading his alma mater. He has guided the Mocs to SoCon titles five times and won the NCAA Bowling Green Regional in 2012. Be su...

Episode 18 of the Mocs on the Mic podcast was released today. This week's edition catches up with our cross country/track & field and women’s golf programs.  Host Chris Goforth talks with XC/T&F head coach Andy Meyer (1:00), senior XC/T&F student-athlete Makenzie Jones (18:00) and women’s golf head coach Colette Murray (26:10). Meyer just wrapped up his fourth year at his alma mat...

This week's edition takes a look at UTC’s brand new Beach Volleyball program.  Host Chris Goforth talks with head coach Darin Van Horn and volunteer assistant coach Juliana Yensho about the process for getting the program up and running.  The Mocs actually got in three matches at the Mercer Bears Beach Bash on Feb 29, just prior to all spring events being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pa...

This week's edition features a couple of former Mocs who are currently in the National Football League. Host Chris Goforth visits with Houston Texans quarterback Nick Tiano (1:20) and Cleveland Browns linebacker Tae Davis (12:20).  Tiano’s conversation revolved mostly around Monday’s news that he had signed with the Texans as an undrafted free agent. He gives an insider’s look into the proces...

This week's edition features another long-distance connection with two international student-athletes as host Chris Goforth checks in with them to see how they are handling the current situation surrounding COVID-19.  Men’s golf senior Will Porter (0:35) and women’s basketball sophomore Pare Pene (13:39) discuss their travels back home and what life is like for them in this usual time all ove...

This week's edition features two international student-athletes and how they are handling the current situation surrounding COVID-19.  Men’s basketball standout Ramon Vila (0:41), a native of Barcelona, Spain, is still in Chattanooga. He talks with host Chris Goforth about the loss of his grandmother in Spain to the virus and the way his parents, who are both doctors, are dealing with their s...

This week’s edition features former UTC quarterback Nick Tiano.  Host Chris Goforth visited with Nick prior to the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown and that conversation is available today. Following an outstanding senior season in 2019, Tiano was the MVP of the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl .  Since that performance, he continues to climb a number of draft boards heading into the 2020 NFL Draft on Ap...

This is part two of the Hall of Fame edition of the podcast.  Host Chris Goforth sat down with two all-time great from UTC Athletics. All-American defensive tackle Ronnie Powe (0:43) is up first, discussing his amazing career from 1976-79. He is followed by men’s basketball standout Derrick Kirce (13:03). The two-time All-SoCon honoree talks about his era during the early 1990’s. Both were in...

This is the long-awaited Hall of Fame edition that is so good, it will take up the next two episodes.  Host Chris Goforth sat down with three of the inductees this week, beginning with wrestling’s Cary Waller (1:09), Emma de Groot (10:34) of women’s golf, and volleyball’s Lara Newberry (24:36). All three were inducted during the Feb. 28 ceremonies in the Tennessee Room of the University Cente...