A black and white photograph of Harold Drew in a jacket
Harold Drew served as the 12th head coach of the Chattanooga Moccasins from 1929 to 1930.

The Chattanooga Mocs college football team represents the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga[A 1] as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 24 head coaches, since it began play during the 1899 season. Since December 2018, Rusty Wright has served as head coach at Chattanooga.[1]

The Mocs have played nearly 1,100 games over 116.[2] In that time, two coaches have led Chattanooga in postseason playoff games: Buddy Nix and Russ Huesman. Five coaches have won conference championships: Frank Thomas won three, Harold Drew won one, and Scrappy Moore one as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Moore won three as a member of the Dixie Conference, and; Joe Morrison and Russ Huesman each won three as a member of the Southern Conference.

Moore is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 171 victories during his 37 years with the program.[2] Thomas has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.730.[2] Sam McAllister has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .083.[2] Of the 24 different head coaches who have led the Mocs, Thomas and Moore have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 2]
No. Order of coaches[A 3] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 4] C% Conference winning percentage
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 5]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 6]
No. Name Season(s)
[A 7] 		GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC NC Awards
1 Walter Hullihen 1904–1905 12 8 4 0 0.667 — — — — — — — — 0 —
2 Arthur Rieber 1906 6 3 3 0 0.500 — — — — — — — — 0 —
3 Sam McAllister 1907 6 0 5 1 0.083 — — — — — — — — 0 —
4 Jones Beene 1908 8 4 4 0 0.500 — — — — — — — — 0 —
5 W. A. Roddick 1909 7 2 3 2 0.429 — — — — — — — — 0 —
6 Leslie Stauffer 1910–1913 28 16 11 1 0.589 — — — — — — — — 0 —
7 Mike Balenti 1914 9 5 4 0 0.556 1 3 0 0.250 — — — — 0 —
8 Johnny Spiegel 1915–1916 17 8 7 2 0.529 3 5 2 0.400 — — — — 0 —
9 Silas Williams 1919–1921 27 10 15 2 0.407 3 7 0 0.300 — — — — 0 —
10 Bill McAllester 1922–1924 26 9 13 4 0.423 4 9 1 0.321 — — — — 0 —
11 Frank Thomas† 1925–1928 37 26 9 2 0.730 19 4 2 0.800 — — — 3 0 —
12 Harold Drew 1929–1930 20 13 5 2 0.700 10 2 1 0.808 — — — 1 0 —
13 Scrappy Moore† 1931–1967 333 171 148 14 0.535 33 13 8 0.685 — — — 3 0 —
14 Harold Wilkes 1968–1972 43 20 23 0 0.465 — — — — — — — — 0 —
15 Joe Morrison 1973–1979 76 44 29 3 0.599 13 3 0 0.813 — — — 3 0 —
16 Bill Oliver 1980–1983 44 29 14 1 0.670 18 7 1 0.712 — — — 0 0 —
17 Buddy Nix 1984–1992 99 44 54 1 0.449 29 29 1 0.500 0 1 0 0 0 —
18 Tommy West 1993 11 4 7 0 0.364 2 6 0 0.250 0 0 0 0 0 —
19 Buddy Green 1994–1999 66 27 39 0 0.409 17 31 0 0.354 0 0 0 0 0 —
20 Donnie Kirkpatrick 2000–2002 34 10 24 — 0.294 6 18 — 0.250 0 0 — 0 0 —
21 Rodney Allison 2003–2008 68 17 51 — 0.250 12 32 — 0.273 0 0 — 0 0 —
22 Russ Huesman 2009–2016 96 59 37 — 0.615 42 20 — 0.677 3 3 — 3 0 —
23 Tom Arth 2017–2018 22 9 13 — 0.409 7 9 — 0.438 0 0 — 0 0 —
24 Rusty Wright 2019–present 52 30 22 — 0.577 24 12 — 0.667 1 1 — 0 0 —

Notes

  1. ^ The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga previously competed as the University of Chattanooga from 1907 to 1969 and as U. S. Grant Memorial University from 1899 to 1906.
  2. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[3]
  3. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  4. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[4]
  5. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]
  6. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
  7. ^ Chattanooga did not field teams in 1917 and 1918 due to World War I and in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II.

References

  1. ^ "Chattanooga hires Georgia State assistant Rusty Wright". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 19, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. "All-Time Coaching Records" (PDF). p. 161. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  5. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
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