University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic director Mark Wharton introduced new basketball coaches Dan Earl and Shawn Poppie during a news conference Wednesday afternoon on campus.
“It is an exciting day for Mocs athletics, our campus and our community,” Wharton said at the podium.
Earl will lead the men’s team and Poppie takes over the women’s team.
While Poppie has been an assistant for six seasons at Virginia Tech after stops at NCAA Division II program Limestone – his alma mater – as well as the University of South Carolina Upstate and Furman, Earl has been a head coach for the past seven seasons at Virginia Military Institute, leading the Keydets to winning records in consecutive seasons for the first time in a decade.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / UTC men’s basketball coach Dan Earl speaks during an introductory news conference Wednesday on campus.Earl replaces Lamont Paris, who recently left for the South Carolina job.