Chattanooga Lady Mocs basketball
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| University | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | ||
| First season | 1974–75 | ||
| All-time record | 844–439 (.658) | ||
| Head coach | Jim Foster (4th season) | ||
| Conference | SoCon | ||
| Location | Chattanooga, Tennessee | ||
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McKenzie Arena (Capacity: 10,928) |
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| Colors | Navy, Old Gold, and Silver |
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| NCAA Tournament second round | |||
| 2004 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1989, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |||
The Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team, formerly known as the Lady Mocs, represents the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in NCAA women's basketball competition. The team is currently coached by fourth-year head coach Jim Foster and play their home games at McKenzie Arena.
The team has won 16 SoCon Tournament championships, four consecutively since 2013, and have made 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, most recently in 2017. The 2015–16 team began the season ranked 25th in the AP Poll.
The Chattanooga women's team has had only five coaches in their 41-season history: Grace Keith, Sharon Fanning-Otto, Craig Parrott, Wes Moore, and Jim Foster, currently in his fourth year.
Keith had settled into teaching for two years at Chattanooga's Hixson Elementary School, following her 12 years of coaching the girls' basketball team at Hixson High School. Title IX became law in 1972 and began affecting the mostly male-dominated college athletics across the US, allowing women to participate. Harold Wilkes, then athletic director for UTC and friend to Keith's superiors, offered her a job as head coach for the UTC Mocettes. After a few chaotic months of building a program, the former intramural Chattanooga team began its varsity era in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, eight years before the NCAA allowed women's basketball as a sport. In 1976, Keith retired from basketball to return to teaching.
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