UTC linebacker Wes Dothard makes a tackle in a game against Appalachian State at Finley Stadium.SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference coaches are expecting big things from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga this season.
At the SoCon football media day Wednesday at the Spartanburg Marriott, the league’s coaches and media preseason polls and the coaches’ preseason All-SoCon teams were announced. And the Mocs were well represented.
The Mocs, who went 6-5 and finished tied for fourth in the SoCon in 2012, placed a league-best nine players on the all-league first or second teams, with five of the 11 first-team defenders.
“I think it’s cool because these people [coaches] really know the conference,” said UTC junior defensive end Davis Tull, who was voted preseason co-defensive player of the year, along with Samford safety Jaquiski Tartt.
Representing UTC at the media day were coach Russ Huesman, Tull and senior linebacker Wes Dothard. Joining Tull and Dothard on the first-team defense were defensive tackle Derrick Lott, safety D.J. Key and cornerback Kadeem Wise — all seniors except for Tull.