List of Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 11, 2025

The following is a list of Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball head coaches. There have been 22 head coaches of the Mocs in their 105-season history.^[1]

Chattanooga's current head coach is Dan Earl. He was hired as the Mocs' head coach in March 2022,^[2] replacing Lamont Paris, who left to become the head coach at South Carolina.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1912–1913	Leslie Stauffer	1	7–7	.500
2	1915–1916	Johnny Spiegel	1	3–4	.429
3	1918–1920	W. V. Jarrett	2	8–3	.727
4	1920–1928	Bill Redd	8	62–42	.596
5	1928–1931^[a]	Harold Drew	3	25–24	.510
6	1931–1933	Humpy Phillips	3	33–19	.635
7	1933–1940^[b]	Pop Keyser	7	37–78	.322
8	1940–1942 1946–1947	Perron Shoemaker	3	20–51	.282
9	1945–1946 1947–1954^[c]	Bill O'Brien	9	50–84	.373
10	1954–1958	Ben Boulware	4	9–57	.136
11	1958–1962	Tommy Bartlett	4	57–37	.606
12	1962–1972	Leon Ford	10	126–126	.500
13	1972–1979	Ron Shumate	7	139–61	.695
14	1979–1985	Murray Arnold	6	135–46	.746
15	1985–1997	Mack McCarthy	12	243–122	.666
16	1997–2002	Henry Dickerson	5	72–73	.497
17	2002–2004	Jeff Lebo	2	40–20	.667
18	2004–2013	John Shulman	9	145–146	.498
19	2013–2015	Will Wade	2	40–25	.615
20	2015–2017	Matt McCall	2	48–18	.727
21	2017–2022	Lamont Paris	5	87–72	.547
22	2022–present	Dan Earl	1	18–17	.514
Totals		22 coaches	105 seasons	1,404–1,132	.554
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

↑ Drew resigned seven games into the 1930–31 season, and was replaced by Phillips on a permanent basis.
↑ Keyser retired six games into the 1939–40 season, and was replaced by Shoemaker on a permanent basis.
↑ O'Brien coached only the first game of the 1954–55 season, and was replaced by Boulware on a permanent basis.

References

1 2 "Chattanooga Men's Basketball Series History" (PDF). Chattanooga Athletics. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
↑ Henley, Gene (March 30, 2022). "UTC set to hire VMI's Dan Earl as men's basketball coach". Chattanooga Times Free Press . Retrieved February 28, 2023.
↑ Sauls, Michaels; Bozard, Caleb (March 24, 2022). "Lamont Paris officially hired as new men's basketball coach, gets 5-year contract". The Daily Gamecock . Retrieved February 28, 2023.

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[DrewPhillips-4] Drew resigned seven games into the 1930–31 season, and was replaced by Phillips on a permanent basis.

[KeyserShoemaker-5] Keyser retired six games into the 1939–40 season, and was replaced by Shoemaker on a permanent basis.

[O'BrienBoulware-6] O'Brien coached only the first game of the 1954–55 season, and was replaced by Boulware on a permanent basis.

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "Chattanooga Men's Basketball Series History" (PDF). Chattanooga Athletics. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

[2] Henley, Gene (March 30, 2022). "UTC set to hire VMI's Dan Earl as men's basketball coach". Chattanooga Times Free Press . Retrieved February 28, 2023.

[3] Sauls, Michaels; Bozard, Caleb (March 24, 2022). "Lamont Paris officially hired as new men's basketball coach, gets 5-year contract". The Daily Gamecock . Retrieved February 28, 2023.

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