UTC football coach Tom Arth congratulates players as they come off the field at Finley Stadium after scoring a touchdown during last season’s game against The Citadel. Arth’s second season as coach of the Mocs will kick off at 7 p.m. Thursday when they host Tennessee Tech.With its opening game just four days away, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team finally can turn its focus to another opponent.
All the while maintaining the focus of getting better.
The Mocs host Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m. Thursday at Finley Stadium to start their 2018 season. UTC holds a 29-10 all-time record against the Golden Eagles, who went 1-10 last season and fired coach Marcus Satterfield, a former Mocs assistant.
He was replaced by Dewayne Alexander, previously the offensive line coach for East Tennessee State and a former assistant at Tech. Alexander’s offensive coordinator is Tre Lamb, whose father Hal is the long-successful head coach at Calhoun (Georgia) High School and whose uncle Bobby is the head coach at Mercer, while his defensive coordinator is Donnie Suber, most recently the head coach at NAIA member Cumberland University.
UTC coach Tom Arth said he expects the Golden Eagles to be “up-tempo” offensively, while Suber appears to prefer to run a 4-2-5 defense, much like UTC under former coach Russ Huesman.