Back in town for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Legends Weekend, former Mocs basketball coach Mack McCarthy’s face became a wee bit painful.
“It hurts from grinning so much,” McCarthy said in the wake of the Mocs’ 85-76 over Elon inside McKenzie Arena on Saturday night.
“But it’s a good kind of hurt. I bet I’ve seen 50 people I haven’t had a chance to see since I left here [in the summer of 1997]. It’s really great to be back.”
More than 50 coaches, players, trainers and managers from UTC’s storied history came back to honor the Mocs’ past, present and future success.
It spanned the gamut from Herman Welch, who graduated in 1950, to McCarthy’s 1997 Sweet Sixteeners Marquis Collier, Isaac Conner, David Phillips and Chris Mims.