Four rookies from Chattanooga are on NFL rosters as teams go through organized team activities and position workouts. In phone interviews with the Times Free Press during the past couple of days, the word "learning" was used over and over again.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga left tackle Brandon Morgan, who started eight games as a true freshman last season, sat down with the Times Free Press to answer a few serious and not-so-serious questions. Here's the best of what he had to say.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team has added another transfer to its defense. Former Northwest Whitfield High School all-state player Dean Haynes left North Carolina State and signed with the Mocs on Friday.
Chattanooga Lookouts pitchers churned out the strikeouts Friday night. They also delivered plenty of walks in a 4-3, 11-inning loss to the Huntsville Stars at AT&T Field.
The Chattanooga Football Club is stepping off into the sports equivalent of the wild blue yonder tonight when it faces the Mississippi Storm in Ocean Springs, Miss.
For the second straight year, and the second time since the NCAA started punishing schools for poor Academic Progress Rate performance, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is penalty free.
For nearly 76 minutes Tuesday, the top-ranked Ooltewah boys' soccer team put shots everywhere but in the net. But when the Owls had to have some goals to survive, they got them.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga All-America linebacker Wes Dothard sat down with the Times Free Press to answer 10 questions. Some were football-related; some were just silly. Here are the seven most illuminating responses.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team already has one really big body in its defensive tackle rotation in 6-foot-3, 300-pound Chris Mayes. The Mocs now have another in former Georgia Bulldog Derrick Lott.
The smiles and fist bumps were frequent during spring practice. So were words of encouragement and little pieces of advice here and there.
The collegiate athletics version of musical chairs is again under way as schools move from conference to conference and from the Football Championship Subdivision to the top-tier bowl subdivision.
New Chattanooga Football Club coach Bill Elliott said he liked the play of his soccer team overall in last week's 1-0 season-opening loss to the Knoxville Force. It was the result that still had him grimacing Friday.
Will Sharpton is the newest member of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team -- he signed with the Mocs on Friday. The long snapper from Tullahoma is so new that his Facebook page still lists Tennessee Tech as his college.
After nearly two weeks of working out and "laying low" following the NFL draft, B.J. Coleman begins his professional football career today with the start of the Green Bay Packers' rookie camp.
The Chattanooga Football Club's season-ending swoon last July kept it from making a second straight appearance in the National Premier Soccer League final four.
Two teams from the Mexican Primera Division, the top level of soccer in Mexico, are coming to Chattanooga. Club America and CF Pachuca will play an exhibition at Finley Stadium on July 7.
Bill Elliott is in his first season as the Chattanooga Football Club's coach. Yet during last Saturday's scrimmage against the Nashville Metros, the Hixson native spent the first half in the stands at Finley Stadium watching his new team.
B.J. Coleman was on the course at Council Fire Golf Club on Tuesday, blasting 300-yard drives with ease during the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's annual Porky's Open fundraising event.
Arrested last month on multiple counts of aggravated burglary and felony theft, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga defensive backs Clim Robbins and Deron "T.J." Thompson have been dismissed from the team, coach Russ Huesman said Tuesday.
Would you like to see the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team practice or scrimmage against Tennessee Tech or another program during spring practice? Mocs coach Russ Huesman wouldn’t mind it.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team has picked up its first commitment for the Mocs' 2013 signing class. Offensive lineman Hunter Townson of Ider (Ala.) High School committed to the Mocs on Sunday after making an unofficial visit on Friday.
Seven hours of quiet anxiety erupted into a joyous celebration filled with cheers and tears at the Coleman house late Saturday afternoon.
Former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga quarterback B.J. Coleman was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the NFL Draft today.
Tim Benford and Jeremy Caldwell have been on a journey together for a very long time. They hope it continues today.
Mobile BayBears pitcher Trevor Bauer puts on a show even before the national anthem is sung. His methodical warmup routine, which features some ridiculously long long-toss throws, has attracted tens of thousands of views on YouTube.
Former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wide receiver Joel Bradford is heading to Tampa, Fla., today for a workout Monday with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
Nick Davison's football career was over before he knew it. Even before he tore up his left knee in the second game of the 2011 season, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior defensive tackle had failed an NCAA drug test that would immediately make him ineligible.
The status of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football players Clim Robbins and Deron "T.J." Thompson, who were arrested Wednesday night on multiple aggravated burglary and felony theft charges, has not changed, coach Russ Huesman said.
Two University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football players, Clim Robbins and T.J. Thompson, turned themselves into campus police Wednesday night on charges of nine counts of aggravated burglary and nine counts of felony theft each.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball freshman Ashley Southern has decided to transfer, coach Wes Moore said Monday. Southern is leaving in search of more playing time and a style of offense that might better suit her skill set.
The Chattanooga Football Club is thinking big. When the soccer team starts its fourth season on May 5 against the Knoxville Force, CFC officials want at least 5,000 people in the stands at Finley Stadium.
Georgia State officially accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference on Monday. The Panthers' move affects the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football program because the teams have games scheduled for 2013 and '14.
Things were quiet around the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football offices this week. Mocs coach Russ Huesman was in town taking care of what needed to get done, but some of his assistants were off visiting other schools.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offense got better as spring football practice progressed, the defense started better than it finished and there's still a lot of work to be done.
The postgame fireworks display provided plenty of pop for the sellout crowd of 6,372 on hand Friday night at AT&T Field. Pop has been in short supply for the Chattanooga Lookouts in the first two games of the season.
Buster Skrine made it to the NFL thanks in large part to his speed and athletic ability. He's now trying to help others make the most of their abilities. The former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga cornerback, now a member of the Cleveland Browns, is working as a personal trainer during the offseason.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team wrapped up spring practice Wednesday with a fast-paced, instructional session at Scrappy Moore Field.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic director Rick Hart said Tuesday that he and senior associate athletic director Matt Pope have been "keeping our eye on" Georgia State's possible move to the Sun Belt Conference.
Numerous NFL scouts and quarterback coaches, as well as a few hundred onlookers, watched former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga quarterback B.J. Coleman perform Monday during the Mocs' pro day.
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga linebacker Shane Heatherly began the spring as a player trying to regain a starting spot after losing his prior to the 2011 season.
B.J. Coleman said he didn’t expect to be nervous today when he works out for NFL scouts during the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s pro day.
Several former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football players, as well as several other NFL hopefuls with Chattanooga ties, participated in the Mocs’ pro day this morning in front of 16 scouts.
Trailing the White squad 13-10 with less than two minutes to play Saturday at Finley Stadium, Terrell Robinson appeared to run the ball in for a 7-yard score that would have put the Blue in front.
Don't expect a lot of razzle-dazzle at Finley Stadium today. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team's Blue & Gold game will be about energy and execution, coach Russ Huesman said, not cleverness. "We won't be quirky and we won't be fancy," he said.
Throughout the 2011 season, the struggles of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s young offensive line were a running storyline. That hasn’t been the case this spring.
For the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offense to reach its full potential in 2012, contact with the defense can’t be the impediment that it was last season.
The zip is back on B.J. Coleman's throws and the vise-like grip is back in his handshakes. Just in time, too, because the former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga quarterback will be throwing in front of NFL scouts Monday during the Mocs' pro day.
The first sign that something was up came at the end of practice last Wednesday. As University of Tennessee at Chattanooga all-conference safety D.J. Key jogged off the field, he turned and encouraged Keith Mayes to hustle toward the exit at Scrappy Moore Field.
It was clear after 10 yards that nobody was catching Chris Mayes. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga defensive tackle, who stands 6-foot-3 and weighs close to 300 pounds, scored on a 55-yard fumble return Saturday during the Mocs' scrimmage at Finley Stadium.
Josh Williams is the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s sack master. Davis Tull could be by the time his career is finished. They could become the best defensive end duo in the Southern Conference.
