2011 Chattanooga Football Media Guide by Chattanooga Athletics

2011 Mocs Football

MEDIA INFORMATION

media information Credentials Please contact Jay Blackman, UTC Assistant Athletics Director for Communications and Media Relations, for all Chattanooga home football game credentials. Requests should be made in writing via email and credentials will be limited to working members of the media. Spouses, dates, children and other nonworkers are not permitted in the press box without prior approval. Credentials will be available for pickup on gameday at the Will Call window at Finley Stadium. Will Call is located at the front of First Tennessee Pavilion to the west of the stadium.

a flipcard with respective rosters and updated team information. Food and beverages will also be available. Statistics and running play-by-play description will be handed out after each quarter. Following the game, a final statistical packet with complete team and individual statistics, play-byplay and quotes from both teams will be available.

Practices All UTC practices are open to the media and public unless otherwise noted. Media members are asked to contact the Communications and Media Relations Office in advance if planning to attend practice. The Mocs hold practice sessions at Visiting Radio Crew Information Scrappy Moore Field and Finley Stadium. Please Two courtesy broadcast-quality telephone lines are check for practice times and sites. available for use by visiting crews, as is a private broadcast booth. Player Interviews During Gameweek — All requests for player interPhotographers views during gameweek should be made at least Credentials for photographers will be issued on a one day in advance with the Communications and game-by-game basis, and photographers should Media Relations Office. A time mutually convecontact Jay Blackman, UTC Assistant Athletics nient for the athlete and the member of the media Director for Communications and Media Relations, will be set up. Most interviews will be conducted with requests. Photographers are expected to following daily practice on location at the practice honor all sideline policies and are not permitted fields. Players will be asked to return telephone in either team bench area, locker room or other calls to members of the media; player telephone restricted areas within the stadium without prior numbers will not be issued. During gameweek, approval from the UTC Communications and Media the player interview deadline is Thursday evening. Relations Office. No player interviews will be conducted on Friday of gameweek. Please also arrange coaching staff interviews through the Communications and Media Internet Service UTC will provide wireless Internet capability within Relations Office. Head Coach Russ Huesman and the working area of the Finley Stadium press box. his staff are available Monday through Thursday each week. Internet Sites Only accredited Internet sites will be granted After the Game — Following a 10-minute cooling game credentials or access to UTC coaches and off period, Coach Russ Huesman will meet the student-athletes. All inquiries must be made to members of the media in or near the Finley Stadium Jay Blackman, UTC Assistant Athletics Director for media room located between the two locker rooms behind the west end zone. Requested UTC playCommunications and Media Relations. ers will also be available. The UTC locker room is closed to the media following the game. Visiting Media Parking A limited number of media parking spaces are postgame interview policies are determined by the available and passes are required for access. The visiting school’s representative. media parking area is located near the southwest corner of the stadium on the corner of 20th Street To Contact Coach Huesman and Carter Street, adjacent to the First Tennessee The best time to contact Coach Huesman by telePavilion. phone is between 11:00 a.m. and noon Monday through Thursday. Call the Communications and Gameday Media Services Media Relations Office to set up an interview with Members of the media will be provided with Huesman, other football assistants or any UTC pregame notes and statistics of both teams and staff member.

tickets to the game Complimentary tickets are not available for media or professional scouts. Those wishing to purchase tickets are urged to contact the Communications and Media Relations Office, which will handle the order. Professional scouts must request credentials by email (jay-blackman@utc.edu). The cost is $15 and the seat will be in the press box provided space is available. Credit cards are accepted. Mocs Football Media Luncheon All media representatives are invited to join Coach Huesman every Wednesday during the season for a weekly media luncheon. Lunch is served shortly after noon followed by comments from Huesman about the week’s upcoming opponent. Several players will also be available for interviews. The luncheon will be in the media room adjacent to the Communications and Media Relations Office on the first floor of McKenzie Arena. SoCON Teleconference A coaches/media teleconference will be held weekly during the season. Each Southern Conference head coach will be available for eight-minute segments on a broadcast-quality, two-way feed. Check with the Southern Conference Office or the UTC Communications and Media Relations Office for the schedule and phone number of teleconference. MOCS ON THE RADIO/INTERNET Every Chattanooga Mocs football game is broadcast on the Mocs Radio Network. Fans outside of the Mocs Radio Network listening audience can also tune in over the Internet on GoMocs.com. live stats and video online Live stats for all of the Mocs games are available to fans on GoMocs.com. Streaming video of all UTC’s home games and selected road games are available for pay-per-view on GoMocs.com. Video Services For video footage of all the Mocs’ home games, contact UTC’s Director of Creative Services, Owen Seaton, at (423) 425-2122 or owen-seaton@utc. edu. Requests should be made at least one week in advance of needing the footage.

follow the mocs online • GoMocs.com is the official website of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics Department. Redesigned on July 1, 2009, GoMocs. com offers the most up-to-date news, scores and information available on Mocs Athletics. • GoMocs.com is managed by JumpTV with the content updated and edited by the UTC Communications and Media Relations and Creative Services offices. • Features include news and updates on your favorite Mocs student-athletes, teams and coaches, live statistics, on-line ticket sales, print-at-home tickets, live in-game audio and video streams, video highlights and interviews, an E-store, DVD store and photo store.

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