
Gene has been with the Times Free Press since July 2008. Prior to that, he spent three years covering sports for the Cleveland Daily Banner. He now covers Tennessee athletics, focusing on football and basketball. Prior to that he spent five years in the same capacity, covering UTC. Gene spent three years playing college basketball, then played a year of semi-professional before starting with the Cleveland Daily Banner in 2005. His passion is basketball, but he loves all sports of all kinds. He does consider himself a fan of the Bulls (NBA), 49ers (NFL) and is attempting a new-found fandom of the Miami Marlins and Florida Panthers. Gene lives in Cleveland and has a 14-year old son, Judah.
The UTC football team is in Charleston, South Carolina, this weekend, looking to improve to 2-0 in Southern Conference play.
by Gene HenleyUTC 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.
by Gene HenleySurprising? Not really. Disappointing? No doubt.
by Gene HenleyTwo seasons that had a hard time getting off the ground have almost made it to the finish line.
by Gene HenleyUTC women's basketball Katie Burrows Burrows sat down this week for an interview with the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
by Gene HenleyWhen news broke of the release of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offensive line coach Chris Malone in early January due to a controversial tweet, there was a lot of speculation about how quickly head coach Rusty Wright would move to find a replacement.
by Gene HenleyWhen UTC played its lone football game of 2020 at Western Kentucky in October, quarterback Drayton Arnold looked like he hadn't started a game in five years of college.
by Gene HenleyWhen is a victory by an unranked team over the No. 11 Football Championship Subdivision program in the nation not considered a major upset?
by Gene HenleyUTC returned to the football field for the first time since its lone game of the fall semester and opened Southern Conference play by beating 11th-ranked Wofford.
by Gene HenleyThe game that almost didn't start wound up having a good finish for coach Katie Burrows and the UTC women's basketball team Thursday night.
by Gene HenleyGrowing up, Cole Copeland had heard stories of former Bradley County star athletes whose careers had fizzled out after high school. Then one day he suddenly looked around and noticed he was becoming one, and he didn't like that feeling.
by Gene HenleyWhether or not UTC coach Lamont Paris and his team feel good about where they are going into the SoCon men's basketball tournament, there isn't much they can do about it now.
by Gene HenleyDrayton Arnold is in his fifth year of college. He already has a bachelor's degree in finance and a minor in accounting.
by Gene HenleyWhile warming up for his team's recent game against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, East Tennessee State freshman guard Morrell Schramm, ball in hand, eyed down defender and teammate Ty Brewer.
by Gene HenleySaturday at noon, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team embarks on an unprecedented spring football season, consisting of at least seven games against Southern Conference competition. Sixteen teams will qualify for the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, which will begin on Apr. 24.
by Gene HenleyWhen UNC Greensboro punched early during Sunday's SoCon women's basketball game at McKenzie Arena, UTC never really did a good job of punching back.
by Gene HenleyFor most of the second half Saturday at UNC Greensboro, the UTC men's basketball team defended as well as it had during the six-game winning streak that preceded the game.
by Gene HenleyOnce part of a five-player freshman class, Bria Dial was a solo act by the start of her junior basketball season at UTC. Now a senior, she stuck out a coaching change and roster upheaval to play for the Mocs.
by Gene HenleyWith her team up 24 points in the final minutes of Friday night's home game against UNC Greensboro, UTC women's basketball coach Katie Burrows took her starters out.
by Gene HenleyStefan Kenic was amazing Wednesday night.
by Gene Henley