Running back Keon Williams carries the ball at the first official day of spring practice for the UTC football team Monday at the Scrappy Moore practice facility.Russ Huesman roamed all over Scrappy Moore Field on Monday during the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team’s first practice of the spring.
This is Huesman’s fourth spring as the Mocs’ head coach, but his first not to be a position coach. That change is one of many that happened during the offseason, which led to a slightly different look and feel at practice.
“I wasn’t bored,” said Huesman, who had been the safeties coach — a job that now belongs to Adam Braithwaite, one of four new assistants.
While the offense was running its version of the spread with Terrell Robinson as the No. 1 quarterback — a big change from the pro style UTC ran for three years with B.J. Coleman — Huesman occasionally came by to offer encouragement or criticism.
He did the same with the defense, primarily the secondary. Huesman will still help coach on special teams, but he’s leaving the rest to his staff. It’s an adjustment, he said.