UTC football coach Russ Huesman generally isn’t big on slogans, but he has made “Do more” the motto for this year’s team after the Mocs barely missed the NCAA playoffs last year.University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coach Russ Huesman typically is not big on slogans. He prefers a hard day’s work over clever word play to inspire his team.
But after being left out of the 24-team FCS playoffs last year, Huesman put two simple words – “Do more” – on signs with the date that UTC was shunned from the bracket and handed out copies to the players and staff.
“I remember [defensive back] Chaz Moore in the hallway crying his eyes out after we were left out,” Huesman said. ” We missed it last year. and it was hitting him that he had played his last college football game. These seniors don’t want to go through that, so hopefully they kept those signs and will apply it.
“If we do the same, we’ll get the same result. We’ve got to do more. The goal is to win the Southern Conference, but it’s not our only goal.”
Two of the Mocs’ four losses last year were by three points or less, and another was a mistake-filled 10-point nonconference loss to open the season. A few more positive plays could have swung any of those games in UTC’s favor and likely meant reaching the postseason.