John Frierson is in his fifth year at the Times Free Press and fifth year covering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletics. The bulk of his time is spent covering Mocs football, but he also writes about women’s basketball and the big-picture issues and news involving the athletic department.
A native of Athens, Ga., John grew up a few hundred yards from the University of Georgia campus. Instead of becoming a Bulldog he attended Ole Miss and read as much Faulkner as possible, graduating with a degree in Southern Studies.
Among the stops in his career was a three-year stint covering Georgia sports for the Athens Banner-Herald and two years at the Florence (Ala.) TimesDaily, where he split his time covering Alabama and Auburn.
In 2007, John earned Alabama Press Association first-place awards for column writing and game coverage.
Contact John at jfrierson@timesfreepress.com or (423) 757-6268.
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Christopher scored game-high 11 points
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The College of Charleston represents the yin and yang of Southern Conference women's basketball.
In a little less than three months, the Chattanooga Football Club will begin its fourth season.
Watson Brown knows an NFL-caliber wide receiver when he sees one. During the Tennessee Tech coach's three-plus decades in college football, he's come to recognize the qualities needed to play at the next level.
Jimmy Lindsey, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's defensive line coach the past two seasons, has accepted a job coaching the same position at Furman.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team is one of the deepest in the Southern Conference. That was especially evident in Monday’s win over Elon.
West will take over defensive line
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coach Russ Huesman used to have one spot to fill on his staff following the departure of running backs coach Jamaal Fobbs. Now, in a sense, he has three.
