The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UT Chattanooga, UTC, or Chattanooga) is a

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Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ...

, United States. It was founded in 1886 and is part of the

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History

UTC was founded in 1886 as the then-private and racially exclusive Chattanooga University, which was soon merged in 1889 with the

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-based Grant Memorial University (now

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), becoming the Chattanooga campus of U.S. Grant Memorial University. In 1907, the school changed its name to University of Chattanooga. In 1964 the university merged with

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, 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 university's private endowment.

Administration

UTC uses the semester system, with five optional "mini-terms" in the summer. The leadership of the campus rests upon the

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, who answers to the UT System President. The university is currently headed by Chancellor 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 title of the leader became chancellor instead of president. *Chattanooga University ** Edward S. Lewis, President 1886-1889 *U.S. Grant University ** John F. Spence, Chancellor 1889–1891; President 1891–1893 **Bishop Isaac W. Joyce, Chancellor 1891–1896 *University of Chattanooga **

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, President 1897–1914 ** Fred W. Hixson, President 1914–1920 ** Arlo A. Brown, President 1921–1929 **

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, President 1929–1938 ** Archie M. Palmer, President 1938–1942 ** David A. Lockmiller, President 1942–1959 ** LeRoy A. Martin, President 1959–1966 *University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ** William H. Masterson, President 1966–1969; Chancellor 1970–1973 ** James E. Drinnon, Chancellor 1973–1981 ** Frederick W. Obear, Chancellor 1981–1997; Acting Chancellor 2004–2005. ** Bill W. Stacy, Chancellor 1997–2004 ** Roger G. Brown, Chancellor 2005–2012 ** E. Grady Bogue, Acting Chancellor 2012–2013 **

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, Chancellor 2013–2025 **Robert Dooley, Acting Chancellor 2025-Present

Academics

Chattanooga is best known for its nationally ranked

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program,

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, and

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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

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and

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programs in Computational Engineering and

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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.

Rankings

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 *

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* 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

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. 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.

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.

Lupton Hall

Formerly the Lupton Memorial Library, Lupton Hall, 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

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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. Following the opening of the new UTC Library, Lupton Hall began renovations in 2018. Opening to students and faculty in 2020, Lupton's entire 116,000 square feet of available space had been gutted and rebuilt to include student centers, academic departments under the College of Arts and Sciences, various classroom spaces, and a new on-campus restaurant, 'Freshens'.

Athletics

Chattanooga's colors are

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and

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; their men's teams and athletes are nicknamed Mocs, and women's teams and athletes are Lady Mocs. Chattanooga athletics teams compete in

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Division I ( FCS for

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) in the

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(SoCon) and have been ranked as a national top 100 athletic program by The

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(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

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, led by coach Mack McCarthy 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

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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

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80–69 in the championship game on their home court at the

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, the Mocs punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament, their first since

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from ''

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'' chose the Mocs as his team of choice going into the

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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

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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

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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

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program in the state of Tennessee. The Mocs' wrestling team has won 8 of the past 9 SoCon titles since the 2012–2013 academic year. ;Football The team plays in the Southern Conference (SoCon) in Division I FCS (formerly I-AA).

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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

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, which hosted the

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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

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Athletic venues

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– (1908–1997) *

– (1997–present) *

Maclellan Gymnasium Maclellan Gymnasium is a 4,177-seat multi-purpose arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is home to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs women's volleyball and wrestling teams. It used to host the Mocs basketball teams until McKenzie A ...

and

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– (Gym opened 1961; natatorium opened 1968) *

– (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,

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is a large horseshoe-shaped bend in the

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directly below

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.) The mascot has taken on four distinct forms. A

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was the mascot in the 1920s, and then a

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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, an exaggerated

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tribesman. In 1996, the Moccasins name and image were dropped in favor of the shortened "Mocs" and an

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, in accordance with the state bird, named "

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" dressed as a

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. The school's main athletic logo features Scrappy riding a train (a reference to Chattanooga's history as a major

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hub and to the song "

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"). The mascot takes its name from former

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

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, actor (most notably portrayed

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''), 1927 * Burwell Baxter Bell,

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, 1968 * Eldra Buckley, NFL football player, 2007 * Anthony Burger, pianist, 1966 * Bill Butler, former NFL player, 1958 *

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, author and historian whose papers and book collection now reside in the UTC Lupton Library, 1930 *

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Marching band director, inventor and innovator credited with creating Precision Drill * B.J. Coleman, former NFL player for the

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in 2012. Signed with the

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of the

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(CFL) on January 25, 2016. *

, golfer, 2012

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champion *

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professional golfer, 1963 *

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, NFL football player * Willie Earl Gillespie, USFL and NFL football player * Irvine W. Grote, chemist, inventor of the active ingredient in

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and Bufferin, UC 1918; chemistry faculty, 1942–1969 *

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, actor (most notably portrayed

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on ''

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''), 1972 * Tony Hill,

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and

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football player, 1990 *

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football player, 1986 *

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-winning actor, 1982 *

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, basketball player, 2005 *

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, music executive, transferred to

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* David F. Levine, pioneer in canine rehabilitation and physical therapy, author, physical therapy professor, 1990–present * Chris Lewis-Harris, NFL football player (

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), 2011 * Charlie Long, basketball player, football player (NFL/AFL ALL-Pro) *

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, long-distance runner, 2007 *

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, poet and writer, 1989 * Tre McLean (born 1993), basketball player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

, 2017 *

Barry Moser Barry Moser (born 1940) is an American visual artist and educator, known as a printmaker specializing in wood engravings, and an illustrator of numerous works of literature. He is also the owner and operator of the Pennyroyal Press, an engraving a ...

, artist and professor, 1962 *

, Hall-of-fame

football player, basketball player. Selected in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. *

Cherie Priest Cherie Priest (born July 30, 1975) is an American novelist and blogger living in Seattle, Washington. Biography Priest is a Florida native, born in Tampa in 1975. She graduated from Forest Lake Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist Church, Seventh- ...

, author, 2001 * Lorine Livingston Pruette, psychologist, 1918 * Curtis Rouse, former NFL football player, 1982 * Lewis Smith, actor North and South. Also the Heavenly Kid, 1979 *

Buster Skrine Daryl Frank "Buster" Skrine Jr. ( ; born April 26, 1989) is an American former professional football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 20 ...

, NFL football player (

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), 2011 *

Cole Strange Devin Cole Strange (born July 31, 1998) is an American professional American football, football Guard (gridiron football), offensive guard for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Cha ...

, football player for New England Patriots, 2022 *

Johnny Taylor John Taylor, Johnny Taylor or similar is the name of: Academics *John Taylor (Oxford), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1486–1487 * John Taylor (classical scholar) (1704–1766), English classical scholar *John Taylor (English publisher) ...

, former NBA basketball player, 1997. Drafted in the first round, 17th pick * Bo Watson, Member of Tennessee State Senate, 1983 *

Pez Whatley Pezavan Whatley (January 10, 1951 – January 18, 2005) was an American professional wrestler best known for his time with NWA Mid-America. Professional wrestling career Whatley played football and wrestled for Notre Dame High School in Chat ...

, football player and UTC's first black wrestler, later became a pro wrestler * William White, academic of journalism and bibliographer, 1933 * Willie White, former

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

basketball player, 1984 *

Gerald Wilkins Gerald Bernard Wilkins (born September 11, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. He is a shooting guard/small forward, who played collegiately at Moberly Area Community College and the University of Tennessee at Chattan ...

, former

basketball player, 1984 * Julius C. Zeller, Mississippi senator, 1893 *

William Chivous Bostic Sr. Dr. William Chivous Bostic, Sr. (December 20, 1877 – September 23, 1957), was a prominent American doctor. Early life and education Bostic was the son of George T. Bostic, after whom the town of Bostic in Rutherford County was named, and Ma ...

, physician and researcher, 1905

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