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Stretch of big changes for UTC ends with introduction of athletic director Mark Wharton

New UTC athletic director Mark Wharton, right, talks with women's basketball coach Jim Foster on Wednesday. Wharton was introduced during a news conference at the University Center.
New UTC athletic director Mark Wharton, right, talks with women's basketball coach Jim Foster on Wednesday. Wharton was introduced during a news conference at the University Center. New UTC athletic director Mark Wharton, right, talks with women's basketball coach Jim Foster on Wednesday. Wharton was introduced during a news conference at the University Center.

Jim Foster has watched so much around him in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic department change in the span of less than a year.

Most of the turnover came out of nowhere, and even one major change considered a possibility didn’t happen as expected.

The names around Foster, UTC’s women’s basketball coach since 2013, started to change last December.

Huesman. McCall. Blackburn. Each had enjoyed his share of successful times with the Mocs. Now all of them are gone.

Those names have been replaced by Arth, Paris and Wharton, with each bringing a vision of how to put his stamp on the program.