Mark Wharton has received a four-year contract extension as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s athletic director.
Wharton, who is also a vice chancellor for UTC, was entering the final year of a five-year agreement he signed in August 2017, but the new deal runs through August 2026.
Steve Angle, UTC’s chancellor, announced the contract extension Wednesday afternoon in a release that did not include salary information. Wharton’s base salary for 2020 was $210,000, according to the University of Tennessee System’s salary database.
“The quality he has attracted and retained in key personnel positions is vital, and it has translated to success in the classroom and in competition,” Angle said in the release.
During Wharton’s tenure, UTC’s success in Southern Conference competition includes the softball program’s tournament championship in 2019, the same year the Mocs wrestling team shared the regular-season championship. The women’s basketball program shared the SoCon regular-season title for the 2019-20 school year, and this past season the men’s basketball team went undefeated in nonconference play for the first time in school history and finished 18-8 overall.