The quality of play produced by the Chattanooga Football Club with Rod Underwood as coach has earned the New Orleans native a contract extension through the 2025 season.
Honored as the National Independent Soccer Association’s coach of the year after his debut season in 2022, the 55-year-old Underwood has Chattanooga FC off to an incredible start in year two.
At 10-0-4 and with 34 points in the NISA standings, CFC is atop the nine-team league with a 10-point advantage, and its goal differential of plus-20 was 12 better than any other team entering Friday. CFC will play its first of 10 matches remaining on the regular-season schedule when the Savannah Clovers (1-9-2) visit Finley Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
“I am thankful for God, who has allowed this door to open,” Underwood said in a news release Friday announcing the extension. “My wife’s support allows me to be involved in a sport I have done all my life. It is an honor and privilege to be trusted by this club and have the support of the city.”
Underwood is 24-3-11 overall in NISA regular-season contests with CFC, which has outscored its competition 69-26 in those matches.