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Five things we learned from UTC spring football practices

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / UTC football coach Rusty Wright talks to his players after a practice Thursday at Scrappy Moore Field. The Mocs closed out five weeks of spring practices with Friday night's showcase at Finley Stadium.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / UTC football coach Rusty Wright talks to his players after a practice Thursday at Scrappy Moore Field. The Mocs closed out five weeks of spring practices with Friday night's showcase at Finley Stadium. Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / UTC football coach Rusty Wright talks to his players after a practice Thursday at Scrappy Moore Field. The Mocs closed out five weeks of spring practices with Friday night's showcase at Finley Stadium.

Another early start to spring practices allowed the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team another early finish to that portion of the offseason, with Friday night’s showcase at Finley Stadium the 15th and final session for the Mocs.

Sixth-year head coach Rusty Wright and his staff used a combination of drills and live plays while dealing with wet conditions.

“I thought the kids handled the rain well,” Wright said in a UTC release. “I thought we got something out of it. We had to treat it more like a practice and were able to get some situational stuff in. We may have to play in the rain sometime next fall, so you have to get it figured out.”

Spring break is underway for UTC students, and football players will also have time off before returning to the weight room the following week, another step in getting ready for the 2024 season that opens Aug. 31 at Tennessee.

(READ MORE: Mocs hope early spring shows what they have, need)