Veteran Mocs Softball Coach Frank Reed Announces His Retirement

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Rick Nyman,

(gomocs.com) After 25 seasons at the helm, Chattanooga Mocs Softball Coach Frank Reed announced his retirement Monday afternoon. Reed amassed a record of 824-581-1 (.586) since taking over in 2002 with a 300-169 (.640) mark in Southern Conference play. His Mocs won 10 regular season and 11 tournament titles in the league cementing his championship legacy.

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“We are very grateful to Frank for 25 years of service to our program. His championship legacy is firmly implanted in every facet of the softball culture not only on our campus, but on the Chattanooga community. We wish him the best as he retires. We thank his wife Denise and daughters Amy and Dana for sharing him with us as well as the many, many student-athletes on whom he had such a positive impact.” – Vice Chancellor for Athletics Mark Wharton

“I’d like to thank the university for believing in me and giving me this opportunity. All the success goes to everyone – faculty, staff and all who have worked with our student-athletes. It belongs to everyone, not just one person. Any time you do a job that requires this much time and commitment, you have to have a special family to allow you to do this. My wife Denise has given to this program for 25 years. It’s now time to give back to her, my children and grandchildren. It’s time to enjoy a different period of life.” – Reed on the decision to retire

“It’s hard to summarize 25 years into one statement. There are a lot of people who’ve been part of the journey and success. God was able to put me in this place 25 years ago, and it’s been about the opportunities we’ve been given to touch so many lives. When I was hired by former AD Oval Jaynes, he said ‘let’s do something special’. Looking back, with a lot of help from the student-athletes, coaches and others, I think we’ve been able to accomplish that.” – Reed on his legacy

Breakdown

Every student-athlete that signed as a freshman and completed eligibility won at least one Southern Conference championship ring and played in an NCAA Tournament.
His 300 SoCon wins in 25 seasons eclipsed every SoCon school’s all-time totals in the history of the league.
824 overall wins at UTC are more than every current SoCon school’s all-time total except UNCG (901).
Led the Mocs to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances.
Coached 15 SoCon Top Award winners while earning Coach of the Year honors seven times.
100 All-SoCon performers: 51 first team/49 second team.
17 NFCA All-South Region performers: five first team/10 second team/two third team.
Led the dugout in 1,406 total games at Chattanooga and more than 1900 total including his time at Chattanooga State Community College.
Won 40+ games seven times while topping 30 a total of 15 times averaging 33 wins per season.
Recorded nine Top 25 wins with the highest ranked win coming in 2003, a 2-0 triumph over No. 11 Georgia Tech.
Including his 10-year mark of 476-87 at Chattanooga State, he won 1,300 games at the 4-year and 2-year levels combined winning better than 70 percent (.711) of his outings. He was the 2001 NFCA National Coach of the Year.
Academically, his program’s top 4 GPAs all came in the last four semesters including a record 3.76 this past spring. Thirty of the 31 semesters that the team achieved 3.0 or better were under Reed’s leadership.
Reed also served as the hitting instructor of the Dominican Republic’s national team for four years before becoming the head coach for the team in 2006. His team spent time in the United States playing several professional softball teams in preparation of the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Sports Games in Colombia. While in the Dominican Republic, Reed also ran camps in Santo Domingo for children in the area.
Reed also served on Team Mexico winning the Gold Medal in the Central American Games and Silver in the Pan Am Games in 2017.

Trophy Chest

Regular Season Conference Titles (18)

2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2024, 2025 + 8 at Chattanooga State

League Tournament Titles (18)

2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2024 + 7 at Chattanooga State

NCAA Tournament Appearances (11 NCAA)

2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2024 + 7 NJCAA Regional titles at Chattanooga State

Conference Coach of the Year (14)

2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2025 + 7 at Chattanooga State

SoCon Player of the Year (4)

Melissa Ramirez (2004), Michelle Fuzzard (2011 & 2012), Olivia Lipari (2025)

SoCon Pitcher of the Year (8)

Beth Alexander (2002), Lacey Swarthout (2004 & 2005), Brooke Loudermilk (2007 & 2008), Celie Hudson (2019), Peja Goold (2024 & 2025)

SoCon Freshman of the Year (4)

Jennifer Reed (2003), Brooke Loudermilk (2007), Michelle Fuzzard (2008), Emily Coltharp (2019)

SoCon Tournament MOP (9)

Awbrey Winckler (2002), Melissa Ramirez (2003 & 2004), Brooke Loudermilk (2008), Sara Poteat (2011), Katie Henderson (2014), Anyssa Robles (2015), Brooke Parrott (2022), Peja Goold (2024)

NFCA All-South Region (17)

Beth Alexander (2002), Melissa Ramirez (2004), Lacey Swarthout (2004), Brooke Loudermilk (2008), Tiffany Baker (2009-11), Michelle Fuzzard (2011-12), Vivian Morimoto (2011), Sara Poteat (2011-2012), Lyndsey Stiles (2011), Kasey Tydingco (2012), Cricket Blanco (2015), Celie Hudson (2019), Peja Goold (2025)