Rusty Wright always made clear how he viewed UTC's 2021 spring football season.

Juwan Tyus has spent four football seasons at UTC bouncing from receiver to tight end as two different coaching staffs have attempted to figure out which position suited him best.

The email from a disappointed and disgruntled UTC football fan reached my inbox at 7:47 Sunday morning.

Sports is about the results, and that reality is an unfortunate one at times.

Bad luck. When you're Lee University seventh-year senior Andy Rivera, having your injury-riddled baseball career chalked up to bad luck would be an upgrade.

Rusty Wright has held firm to his beliefs.

The UTC football team's bid for an undefeated Southern Conference spring season is over.

Fans are being allowed return to UTC football home games just in time to see a team ranked in the top 10 in both FCS polls.

Maybe Rusty Wright has the ultimate poker face when it comes to being in charge of a Football Championship Subdivision team in 2021.

In four seasons with Lamont Paris as coach of the UTC men's basketball program, the Mocs' winning percentage has improved from one year to the next throughout his tenure.

Rusty Wright's initial message to defensive end Devonnsha Maxwell when they met at the start of Wright's tenure as UTC football coach was simple and complimentary, but also pretty clear: You're good, but not quite good enough.

There was probably no better way for UTC football coach Rusty Wright to frame his defense's performance after Saturday's win at Furman.

UTC remains undefeated three games into its SoCon football schedule for spring 2021.

The UTC football team, after an open date last weekend, returns to the playing field Saturday with a Southern Conference matchup against Furman at Paladin Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.

After every football practice, Kam Jones would call his father Tony.

The calendar had flipped to a new year twice since UTC football fans last saw Tyrell Price be a productive running back.

As the ninth of 10 kids, the likelihood of Jay Gibson becoming the first in his family to do something was going to be pretty unlikely. Yet he found a way.

Now, it seems, the fun begins for UTC on the football field.

UTC guard Malachi Smith said multiple times this season that the Mocs' lack of depth on the basketball court would not result in sympathy from opponents.

Two different coaching staffs. Two nearly identical results in Charleston, South Carolina, for the UTC football program against The Citadel.

UTC improved to 2-1 overall for its 2020-21 season by winning a SoCon game for the second straight week.

The UTC football team is in Charleston, South Carolina, this weekend, looking to improve to 2-0 in Southern Conference play.

UTC senior guard David Jean-Baptiste sat down for a conversation with the Chattanooga Times Free Press in advance of the Mocs' trip to the SoCon tournament this weekend.