The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UT-Chattanooga, UTC, or Chattanooga) is a
public university
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in
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...
, United States. It was founded in 1886 and is one of four universities and two other affiliated institutions in the
University of Tennessee System
The University of Tennessee system (UT system) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of two public university systems, the other being the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR). It consists of four primary campu ...
.
History
![UTCSign](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/UTCSign.jpg)
UTC was founded in 1886 as the then-private and racially exclusive Chattanooga University, which was soon merged in 1889 with the
Athens
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-based Grant Memorial University (now
Tennessee Wesleyan University
Tennessee Wesleyan University (TWU) is a private Methodist university in Athens, Tennessee. It was founded in 1857 and is affiliated with the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. It maintains a branch campus in Knoxville, where i ...
), becoming the Chattanooga campus of
U.S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
Memorial University. In 1907, the school changed its name to University of Chattanooga. In 1964 the university merged with
Zion College, which had been established in 1949 and later became Chattanooga City College. In 1969 the University of Chattanooga joined the UT system and became the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
The University of Chattanooga Foundation Inc. is a private corporation, created in 1969, that manages the private endowment of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Administration
UTC uses the
semester system, with five optional "mini-terms" in the summer. The leadership of the campus rests upon the
chancellor
Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...
, who answers to the
UT System President. The university is currently headed by Chancellor Dr. Steve Angle.
Leadership
The following people have had the post of President or Chancellor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). Prior to 1969, the institution was known as the University of Chattanooga (1907–1969), U.S. Grant University (1889–1907), and Chattanooga University (1886–1889). At the time of UTC's establishment in 1969, the name of the leader became
chancellor
Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...
instead of president.
*Chattanooga University
**Rev.
Edward S. Lewis, President 1886-1889
*U.S. Grant University
**Rev.
John F. Spence, Chancellor 1889–1891; President 1891–1893
**Bishop
Isaac W. Joyce
Isaac Wilson Joyce (October 11, 1836 – July 28, 1905) was an American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1888.
Early life
Isaac Wilson Joyce was born in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio on October 11, 1836 to James W ...
, Chancellor 1891–1896
*University of Chattanooga
**Rev.
John H. Race, President 1897–1914
**Rev.
Fred W. Hixson
Fred may refer to:
People
* Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
Mononym
* Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French
* Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rod ...
, President 1914–1920
**Rev.
Arlo A. Brown
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, President 1921–1929
**Dr.
Alexander Guerry
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
, President 1929–1938
**Dr.
Archie M. Palmer, President 1938–1942
**Dr.
David A. Lockmiller, President 1942–1959
**Dr.
LeRoy A. Martin, President 1959–1966
*University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
**Dr.
William H. Masterson, President 1966–1969; Chancellor 1970–1973
**Dr.
James E. Drinnon, Chancellor 1973–1981
**Dr.
Frederick W. Obear, Chancellor 1981–1997; Acting Chancellor 2004–2005.
**Dr.
Bill W. Stacy, Chancellor 1997–2004
**Dr.
Roger G. Brown, Chancellor 2005–2012
** Dr.
E. Grady Bogue, Acting Chancellor 2012–2013
** Dr.
Steve Angle, Chancellor 2013–present
Student Government Association of UTC
A voice for student leadership on campus, the SGA consists of an executive team, senators representing districts/colleges they belong to, a judicial branch, a Freshman Senate, and a Graduate Students Senate. The current president is Taylor Bradshaw with Wendy Jiang serving as vice president and Alex Spraker serving as treasurer.
Academics
Chattanooga is best known for its nationally ranked
Business
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program,
Engineering
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,
Nursing
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,
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
Chemistry
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,
Accounting
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,
Psychology
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,
Music
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, and
Education
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departments. The university offers over 140 undergraduate majors and concentrations, and over 50 undergraduate minors.
Chattanooga also offers nearly 100 graduate programs and concentrations,
including a highly ranked master's program in
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
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and
PhD programs in Computational Engineering and
Physical Therapy
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. In an effort to expand the horizons of its student body, UTC recently began an exchange program with
Kangnung National University of
Kangnung, South Korea.
Media and publications
;Print
* ''University Echo'' – Student newspaper
* ''Moccasin'' – Student yearbook
* ''Education about Asia'' – Educational magazine
* ''Sequoya Review'' – Literary magazine
* ''Modern Psychological Studies'' – Journal published by the Department of Psychology
;Radio
*
WUTC
WUTC 88.1 is a public radio station in Chattanooga, Tennessee in the United States - serving Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley.
Since going on the air in 1979, it has been owned and operated by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga an ...
* The Perch – Student-run online radio station
Research
SimCenter is UTC's computational engineering and simulation center. In November 2005, SimCenter was listed as the 89th most powerful supercomputer by
Top500
The TOP500 project ranks and details the 500 most powerful non-distributed computing, distributed computer systems in the world. The project was started in 1993 and publishes an updated list of the supercomputers twice a year. The first of these ...
. On November 20, 2007, the university announced the center has been named a National Center for Computational Engineering. More recently, The SimCenter provided the academic research for a new source of alternative energy unveiled by Bloom Energy Corporation in Sunnyvale, California.
The Clinical Infectious Disease Control Research Unit is a research interest group composed of UTC faculty, students, and local partners. Members of the CIDC have had their research published in peer-reviewed journals, as well as presented at professional meetings and conferences. More information on their current projects and recent events can be found on UTC's website.
Campus
The university is served by
CARTA bus routes 4, 7, 10, 14, 19, and 28. Route 14 only operates on weekdays during fall and spring terms, when the university is session. The route runs on and off the campus on McCallie, Houston, Vine, Douglas, Fifth, and Palmetto Streets. A recent extension serves Third, O'Neal, and Central Streets, as well as Erlanger Hospital, and a large parking lot at
Engel Stadium
Engel Stadium is a stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The stadium was built in 1930 and holds 12,000 people. It was the home of the Chattanooga Lookouts until 1999 when they moved to their current stadium, AT&T Field. The former Tennessee Temple ...
. All students showing valid University identification cards (MocsCards) ride for free on all CARTA routes, year-round.
Academic buildings
''Note: Dates of construction given when known''
* Administration Building – mailroom, parking services, motor pool and university police department.
* Brenda Lawson Student Athlete Success Center – opened in August 2008, houses the Wolford Family Strength and Conditioning Center and the
Chattem
Chattem, Inc. is an American, Chattanooga, Tennessee-based, producer and marketer of over-the-counter healthcare products, toiletries, dietary supplements, topical analgesics, and medicated skin care products. Originally named the Chattanooga Me ...
Basketball Center.
* Bretske Hall – Formerly the university cafeteria, prior home of the Geology Department.
* Brock Hall – Foreign languages, geography, anthropology, history and sociology departments.
*
Challenger
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Entertainment
Comics and manga
* Challenger (character), comic book character
* ''Challengers'' (manga), manga by Hinako Takanaga
Film and TV
* ''The Challengers'' (TV series), a 1979 ...
Center – The widow of
Dick Scobee
Francis Richard Scobee (May 19, 1939 – January 28, 1986) was an American pilot, engineer, and astronaut. He was killed while he was commanding the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' in 1986, which suffered catastrophic booster failure during laun ...
, a Challenger
astronaut
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, donated the building in her husband's memory. This educational simulation includes different space missions with project completed from mission control and a space station.
* Cadek Hall (pronounced "CHAH-dik") – Home to the Cadek Conservatory and the UTC Choral Department.
* Davenport Hall – Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Physical Therapy Departments.
* Derthick Hall - Amphitheater and lecture hall.
* Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Building (EMCS)
* Fletcher Hall – (1939) Business Administration and Political Science departments. From 1939 to 1974, Fletcher housed both the local public library and the university library.
* Founders' Hall – (1916) Chancellor's offices, University Relations.
* Frist Hall – Disability Resource Center, MoSAIC Program, Communication Department, Student Support Services. Once part of the Chattanooga metro hospital complex.
*
Grote Hall (pronounced "GROW-tee") – (1968) Chemistry, Geology, and
physics
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departments.
* Guerry Center (pronounced "GEH-ree") – Formerly the University Student Center, this building now houses the University Honors program and Reading Room, Economics Department, and Crossroads Cafe. This building underwent a major renovation in the summer of 2019 from the historic "Guerry Hall" building constructed in 1957.
* Holt Hall – Biology, English, Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion departments.
* Hooper-Race Hall – (1916) Records and registration, financial aid, human resources, and research and sponsored programs departments. Recently, Hooper Hall reopened after a
lead
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and
asbestos
Asbestos () is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into the atmosphere b ...
abatement project.
*
Hunter Hall -
Education
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Department.
* Lupton Library – (1974) see below.
* Metropolitan Hall – Formerly the home of the Tepper Clinic and Chattanooga Metropolitan Hospital, this building now houses the Nursing department.
* Old Math Building – This building was originally constructed as a home for the Chattanooga Medical College. After that college was disbanded around 1917, the building served many different purposes to the university. It was demolished in the late 1990s and a Student Park was built in its place.
* President's House – Development (fundraising) Department.
* Patten House – (1893) Located in the
Fort Wood National Historic District
Fort Wood Historic District is a historic neighborhood in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is bounded roughly by Palmetto Street, McCallie Avenue, East 4th Street, and O'Neal Street, just east of the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanoo ...
. Home of the Alumni Affairs Department.
* Dorothy Patten Fine Arts Center – (1980) Houses the Dorothy Hackett Ward theatre, the
Roland W. Hayes Concert Hall and the George Ayers Cress Art Gallery, referred to as the "FAC." Also houses the UTC Music and Theater Departments.
* University Center – Home of the University Bursar's Office, the building also include student recreation facilities and a game room, offices for student organizations, food court, bookstore, classrooms and auditoriums, administrative areas include meeting rooms, administrative offices for the student development division, counseling and career planning, women's center, student placement and employment, and cooperative education.
* University Hall – (1886) "Old Main." Demolished in 1917.
Patten Chapel
* Patten Chapel is one of the busiest sanctuaries in Chattanooga. Mostly weddings and memorial services are held there. A bride's room has been prepared and is always ready. Reserving the chapel should be done around a year in advance as its popularity sees events almost every weekend. Wedding receptions are not hosted at the chapel.
Library
The Lupton Memorial Library, named for
T. Cartter and Margaret Rawlings Lupton, was constructed in 1974 to replace the aging John Storrs Fletcher Library (which has since been restored and renamed Fletcher Hall). As of 2005, the library's collection includes nearly 2 million items, including the
Fellowship of Southern Writers
The Fellowship of Southern Writers is an American literary organization that celebrates the creative vitality of Southern writing as the mirror of a distinctive and cherished regional culture. Its fellowships and awards draw attention to outstandi ...
archives. In early 2008 the university was granted funding to build a new library.
The university broke ground in 2010 for the new $48 million library. Construction was completed on the UTC Library in January 2015.
Athletics
![Chattanooga Mocs logo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Chattanooga_Mocs_logo.svg)
Chattanooga's colors are
navy
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and
old gold
Old gold is a dark yellow, which varies from light olive or olive brown to deep or strong yellow, generally on the darker side of this range.
The first recorded use of ''old gold'' as a color name in English was in the early 19th century (exact ...
; their men's teams and athletes are nicknamed Mocs, and women's teams and athletes are Lady Mocs. Chattanooga athletics teams compete in
NCAA
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Division I (FCS for
football
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) in the
Southern Conference
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(SoCon) and have been ranked as a national top 100 athletic program by The National Association of Collegiate Director's of Athletics (NACDA) in the Division I Learfield Sports Director's Cup.
;Basketball
Chattanooga's men's basketball program has been among the best in the Southern Conference since joining the league in 1977–78. The Mocs have won 10 SoCon Tournament titles, tied for first all-time with former member West Virginia and Davidson, 10 regular-season league championships prior to the change to the division format in 1995 and seven division titles for 27 totals titles. In
1997
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, led by coach
Mack McCarthy
William Leroy "Mack" McCarthy (born July 3, 1952) is the former head college basketball coach for East Carolina University. On March 6, 2010, athletic director Terry Holland announced that McCarthy would complete the season as head coach and then m ...
and Chattanooga native Johnny Taylor, the Mocs made a run to the Sweet 16 as a No. 14 seed, beating Georgia and Illinois before falling to Providence. Before making the move to Division I, Chattanooga won the Division II National Championship in 1977. In July 2008, the team was ranked number 48 on the
ESPN
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list of the most prestigious basketball programs since the 1984–85 season.
The Mocs won the SoCon tournament
once again in 2009. Defeating the
College of Charleston Cougars
The Charleston Cougars are the varsity intercollegiate athletic teams representing the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. The Cougars compete in NCAA Division I and are currently members of the Colonial Athletic Association. T ...
80–69 in the championship game on their home court at the
McKenzie Arena
McKenzie Arena (also called "The Roundhouse") is the primary basketball arena for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) in Chattanooga in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It replaced Maclellan Gymnasium, a 4,177-seat gymnasium now used f ...
, the Mocs punched their ticket to the
NCAA tournament, their first since
2005
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.
Jimmy Fallon
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from ''
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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'' chose the Mocs as his team of choice going into the
2009 NCAA tournament
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. The Wednesday night (March 18) show included a live Skype chat with Head Coach John Shulman, as well as representatives of the pep band and cheerleading squads made in studio. Fallon's house band
The Roots
The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy F ...
wrote and performed an ode to Shulman titled, "The Don Juan of the SoCon" and Shulman and his six seniors (Nicchaeus Doaks, Zach Ferrell, Kevin Goffney, Khalil Hartwell, Stephen McDowell and Keyron Sheard) made an in-studio appearance following their tournament game with UConn.
The Lady Mocs are the most successful women's basketball program in Southern Conference history with 15 regular season titles since 1983–1984, 10 consecutive conference championships at the end of 2008–2009 and 14 overall conference championships.
;Golf
The men's golf squad won its third consecutive Southern Conference trophy and finished 18th in the NCAA Championships in 2009.
In August 2012, UTC golfer
Steven Fox won the U.S. Amateur Championship.
Women's golf posted a 3.46 team GOA in the spring while advancing to the NCAA Division I finals in just the second year of the program since disbanding in the mid-1980s.
;Softball
The Mocs’ softball team has won 11 regular season titles and 10 SoCon Tournament Championships. They have also made 7 NCAA tournament appearances.
;Wrestling
Chattanooga is home to the only NCAA Division I
wrestling
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program in the state of Tennessee. The Mocs' wrestling team has won 8 of the past 9 Socon title's since the 2012–2013 academic year.
;Football
The team plays in the Southern Conference (SoCon) in Division I FCS (formerly I-AA).
Hall of Famer
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Terrell Owens
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played wide receiver for the Mocs from 1992 to 1995. The team won three-straight SoCon championships from 2013 to 2015. They play in
Finley Stadium
W. Max Finley Stadium is the home stadium for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga American football, football team and Chattanooga FC (National Independent Soccer Association, NISA), a professional Division 3 soccer team. The stadium also ...
, which hosted the
NCAA Division I Football Championship
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from 1997 to 2009.
In 2021, the team fired its offensive line coach, Chris Malone, for a social media post that was derogatory about Georgia and Civil Rights leader
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Yvonne Abrams (; born December 9, 1973) is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member ...
.
Athletic venues
*
Chamberlain Field
Chamberlain Field was an American football stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It hosted the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team until they moved to Finley Stadium in 1997. It officially opened on June 3, 1908, and was named in hon ...
– (1908–1997)
*
Finley Stadium
W. Max Finley Stadium is the home stadium for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga American football, football team and Chattanooga FC (National Independent Soccer Association, NISA), a professional Division 3 soccer team. The stadium also ...
– (1997–present)
*
Maclellan Gymnasium and
natatorium
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– (Gym opened 1961; natatorium opened 1968)
*
McKenzie Arena
McKenzie Arena (also called "The Roundhouse") is the primary basketball arena for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) in Chattanooga in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It replaced Maclellan Gymnasium, a 4,177-seat gymnasium now used f ...
– (1982–present) aka the Roundhouse, due to its circular shape and the city's association with the railroad industry.
University nickname
The school's athletic teams are called the Mocs. The teams were nicknamed Moccasins until 1996. (The origin of the name is uncertain; however,
Moccasin Bend
Moccasin Bend Archeological District is an archeological site in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that is part of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park unit. The National Park Service refers to it as one of the "most unique units found in t ...
is a large horseshoe-shaped bend in the
Tennessee River
The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names, ...
directly below
Lookout Mountain
Lookout Mountain is a mountain ridge located at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southeastern Tennessee state line in Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain was the scene of the 18th-centu ...
.)
The mascot has taken on four distinct forms. A
water moccasin
''Agkistrodon piscivorus'' is a species of pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. It is one of the world's few semiaquatic vipers (along with the Florida cottonmouth), and is native to the southeastern United States. A ...
was the mascot in the 1920s, and then a
moccasin
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shoe (known as "The Shoe") was used as the school's mascot at times in the 1960s and 1970s. From the 1970s until 1996, the mascot was
Chief Moccanooga
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, an exaggerated
Cherokee
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tribesman.
In 1996, the Moccasins name and image were dropped in favor of the shortened "Mocs" and an
anthropomorphized
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Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...
northern mockingbird
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, in accordance with the state bird, named "
Scrappy
Scrappy is a cartoon character created by Dick Huemer for Charles Mintz's Screen Gems Studio (distributed by Columbia Pictures). A little round-headed boy, Scrappy often found himself involved in off-beat neighborhood adventures. Usually paired ...
" dressed as a railroad engineer. The school's main athletic logo features Scrappy riding a train (a reference to Chattanooga's history as a major
railroad
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hub and to the song "
Chattanooga Choo Choo
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and composed by Harry Warren. It was originally recorded as a big band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and featured in the 1941 movie '' Sun Valley Serenade''. It was ...
"). The mascot takes its name from former
football
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coach
A. C. "Scrappy" Moore.
Fight song
The fight song for UTC is "
Fight Chattanooga".
Band
The marching band is referred to as the "Marching Mocs" and performs at all home games.
Notable alumni, students, and faculty
*
*
Burwell Baxter Bell
Burwell Baxter Bell III (born April 9, 1947) is a retired United States Army General (United States), four-star general.
Early life and education
Bell was born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the son of Burwell B. Bell, Jr. His father was a ...
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U.S. Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cl ...
general
A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
, 1968
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Hugh Beaumont
Eugene Hugh Beaumont (February 16, 1909 – May 14, 1982) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Ward Cleaver on the television series '' Leave It to Beaver'', originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963; and as private detec ...
, actor (most notably portrayed
Ward Cleaver
Ward Cleaver Jr. is a fictional character in the American television sitcom '' Leave It to Beaver''. Ward and his wife, June, are often invoked as archetypal suburban parents of the 1950s babyboomers. At the start of the show, the couple are the ...
on ''
Leave It to Beaver''), 1927
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Eldra Buckley
Eldra Clemond Buckley (born June 23, 1985) is former American football running back. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2007, after playing college football at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Buckle ...
, NFL football player, 2007
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Anthony Burger
Anthony John Burger (June 5, 1961 – February 22, 2006) was an American pianist and singer, most closely associated with Southern gospel music.
Early life
Anthony Burger was born in Cleveland, Tennessee to Richard and Jean Burger. At age eight ...
, pianist, 1966
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Bill Butler, former NFL player, 1958
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Dr. North Callahan, author and historian whose papers and book collection now reside in the UTC Lupton Library, 1930
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B.J. Coleman, former NFL player for the
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
in 2012. Signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on January 25, 2016.
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Steven Fox, golfer, 2012 U.S. Amateur champion
* Gibby Gilbert, PGA Tour professional golfer, 1963
* Antuan Edwards, NFL football player
* Willie Earl Gillespie, USFL and NFL football player
* Irvine W. Grote, chemist, inventor of the active ingredient in Rolaids and Bufferin, UC 1918; chemistry faculty, 1942–1969
* Dennis Haskins, actor (most notably portrayed Mr. Belding on ''Saved By The Bell''), 1972
* Tony Hill (defensive end), Tony Hill, NFL and Canadian Football League, CFL football player, 1990
* Brent Johnson (American football), Brent Johnson, NFL football player, 1986
* Leslie Jordan, Emmy-winning actor, 1982
* Mindaugas Katelynas, basketball player, 2005
*Mathew Knowles, music executive, transferred to Fisk University
* David F. Levine, pioneer in Canine physical therapy, canine rehabilitation and physical therapy, author, physical therapy professor, 1990–present
* Chris Lewis-Harris, NFL football player (Cincinnati Bengals), 2011
* Charlie Long, basketball player, football player (NFL/AFL ALL-Pro)
* Lanni Marchant, long-distance runner, 2007
* Khaled Mattawa, poet and writer, 1989
* Barry Moser, artist and professor, 1962
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Terrell Owens
Terrell Eldorado Owens (; born December 7, 1973), nicknamed T.O., is an American football wide receiver for the Knights of Degen of Fan Controlled Football (FCF). He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons. Regar ...
, Hall-of-fame NFL football player, basketball player. Selected in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
* Cherie Priest, author, 2001
* Lorine Livingston Pruette, psychologist, 1918
* Curtis Rouse, former NFL football player, 1982
* Lewis Smith (actor), Lewis Smith, actor North and South. Also the Heavenly Kid, 1979
* Buster Skrine, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns, New York Jets), 2011
* Johnny Taylor (basketball), Johnny Taylor, former NBA basketball player, 1997. Drafted in the first round, 17th pick
* Bo Watson, Member of Tennessee State Senate, 1983
* Pez Whatley, football player and UTC's first black wrestler, later became a pro wrestler
* William White (academic), Dr. William White, academic of journalism and bibliographer, 1933
* Willie White (basketball), Willie White, former NBA basketball player, 1984
* Gerald Wilkins, former NBA basketball player, 1984
* Julius C. Zeller, Mississippi senator, 1893
* Cole Strange, Football player for New England Patriots, 2022
References
External links
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Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award (1969-2018)at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga website
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