What Is Tennessee’S Mascot At Chattanooga?

The Chattanooga Mocs, a fixture for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), is named after legendary football coach A.C. “Scrappy” Moore. The mascot was originally intended to represent the Chattanooga area and Moccasin Bend, with themes of being a Moccasin. The mascot was first the Moccasin Snake in the 1920s and later the Moccasin Shoe in the 1980s.

The UTC Athletics Department changed logos in 1997, moving away from Native American imagery to a package of logos using railroad images, the nickname “Mocs”, and the Scrappy mascot. The new package includes the anthropomorphic northern mockingbird, which bravely defends its nests and even attacks predators. In 1996, it was decided to adopt the State Bird of Tennessee, the Mockingbird, as the core of the new identity while incorporating the strong qualities of the state bird.

The current mascot, Scrappy, was named by a 17-member committee of varied campus constituencies. Athletics are one of the most significant aspects of the university’s culture, and the mascot was created to address local Native American displeasure with the university’s sports mascot, “Chief Moccanooga”. The new package emphasized UTC’s connection to Chattanooga, the city’s railroad heritage, and incorporated the Tennessee state bird, the mockingbird.

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