Women's Basketball

University of Tennessee: Chattanooga

615 McCallie Ave, Dept 3503 - Chattanooga, TN - 37403
Team Office: Tel: (423) 425-4376 Fax: (423) 425-2160
Team website: www.gomocs.com/

Chattanooga was a private institution for 83 years before it joined the state university system in 1969. Today it retains the best aspects of that private tradition yet offers all the resources of a modern public university. Chattanooga offers nearly 40 Bachelor degrees and 15 Master's. Degrees offered include Community Advocacy, Environmental Science, Kinesiology, Nursing, Physical Therapy, and Consumer Sciences (Home Economics). US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Tennessee-Chattanooga #34 among institutions in the south offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located near downtown Chattanooga (pop. 166k).

School website
www.utc.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Coed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

8,500

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 19-24

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$12,000
Out-of-State: ~$21,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Family/Consumer Sciences- Psychology

Misc. Information

Head coach Wes Moore enters his 11th season at Chattanooga in 2007-08. During his tenure, Moore has guided the Lady Mocs to eight first place conference finishes. Along the way, Moore has established himself among the best, ranking 8th in winning percentage among active D1 coaches. Moore, the third women's coach in the program's 24 year history, took over the reins in 1998-99. After a losing season his first year, Moore has since strung together eight 20+ winning seasons. Moore came to Chattanooga after previous stints at Francis Marion (D2) and Maryville (D3) where he collectively posted a 200-56 won-loss record. Moore was a point guard at Johnson Bible College, earning all conference honors. In 2006-07, Moore's Lady Mocs went 25-8 but lost in the first round of the NCAA tourney to Baylor.

Team Name	Mocs
Colors	Navy Blue and Gold
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	608-359 (.628)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	25-8	27-3	25-5	128-28 (.821)
Conference	15-3	18-0	19-1	82-10 (.891)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	1st Rnd	WNIT	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	?

Coaches

Head Coach	Wes Moore
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Tennessee: Chattanooga	1998-99
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	419-115 (.784)
Record at Tennessee: Chattanooga	219-59 (.787)
Coaching Awards	SoConf COTY (00), WBCA District COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Nikki Blassingame, Mike Murray, Ashley McElhiney

Recruiting Coordinator

Nikki Blassingame, (423) 425-4456, nikki-blassingame@utc.edu

Conference and Schedule

Chattanooga plays in the Southern Conference (www.soconsports.com) which is comprised of 11 teams from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Conference plays starts in December and Chattanooga will play each team twice, home and away. Games are usally played on Saturday afternoons and Monday evenings. The season concludes with the conference tournament which takes (explain seeding)

Conference Opponents

Appalachian State, College of Charleston, Davidson, Citadel, Elon, Furman, Georgia Southern, UNC Greensboro, Western Carolina, and Wofford.

Facilities

McKenzie Arena (11,200)
Avg attendance: 2,000

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Chattanooga was ranked #13 in scoring offense, averaging 75.1 ppg.