2011-12 Chattanooga Mocs Basketball Guide

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2011-12 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS Murray Arnold (below and right) holds the best winning percentage in school history at a 72.6 percent clip (122-46). His teams won four SoCon Regular Season Championships in his six seasons averaging 20.3 wins per season. His 1982 squad tied the school record with 27 wins and missed advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 on a missed basket at the buzzer in a one-point loss to No. 7 Minnesota. Arnold had four 20-win seasons to go with three SoCon Tournament titles, three NCAA appearances and two NITs. His 1983 team finished the season ranked No. 15 in the nation by the AP, the highest end of season ranking by a SoCon team.

John Shulman (above) is the lone head coach to win 15 or more games every year on the Mocs bench coaching more than two seasons. His first saw Chattanooga beat Tennessee in Knoxville, win the SoCon Tournament title and advance to the “Big Dance�. His 2008 squad was co-champion of the SoCon North Division and repeated in 2009 en route to a return trip to the NCAA Tournament. His 2011-12 Mocs are the only team in the SoCon to win three division titles in the last four seasons.

Ron Shumate (left) led the Mocs to the 1977 DII National Championship and through the transition to DI. He is the second-winningest coach in school history with 139 wins.

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