Hillgrove’s Ricardre Bagley (23) is one of several speedsters who signed with
the Mocs on Wednesday.The football staff at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has big plans for the future. And they want to get there quickly.
Before dust settles on the shiny new Southern Conference championship trophy, Mocs coaches want to add more, even larger hardware.
From head coach Russ Huesman, throughout the staff and even among several members of Wednesday’s signing class, no one wearing blue and gold is speaking in hushed tones about the next step for the program.
“We want everyone in our program to believe we can compete for national championships,” Huesman said. “There’s no need to be shy or avoid talking about it. There’s a lot of work to do to get there, but that should be our ultimate goal.”
To compete at that level, and do so sooner rather than later, Mocs coaches knew they needed to add another element of speed to the talent already on their roster. So on Wednesday the staff brought in what is likely the fastest group of athletes the program has signed, with 13 of the Mocs’ 19 signees having high-level success in track at the high-school level.