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As UTC visits Bama, Lorenzo Ward reflects on his time with Tide

Staff file photo by Robin Rudd / Lorenzo Ward, UTC's defensive coordinator since the 2019 season, will be facing his alma mater when the Mocs close their regular-season schedule Saturday at Alabama. Ward played for the Crimson Tide from 1986-89.
Staff file photo by Robin Rudd / Lorenzo Ward, UTC's defensive coordinator since the 2019 season, will be facing his alma mater when the Mocs close their regular-season schedule Saturday at Alabama. Ward played for the Crimson Tide from 1986-89.

Lorenzo Ward’s most vivid memory of his time at Alabama isn’t really much of a memory at all.

He has been the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s defensive coordinator since Rusty Wright’s first season as Mocs head coach in 2019, but Ward played for the Crimson Tide from 1986-89 and built a reputation as a hard-hitting special teams ace.

So with the Mocs heading to Tuscaloosa for their regular-season finale this week, Ward was recently asked about an Alabama game that sticks out in his mind.

Kind of.

“It was probably the Auburn game,” he said.