The team is coached by Deandra Schirmer, and play their home games at McKenzie Arena.
[3] The Chattanooga women's team has had only eight coaches in their 50-season history: Grace Keith, Sharon Fanning-Otto, Craig Parrott, Wes Moore, Jim Foster, Katie Burrows, Shane Poppies, and Deandra Schirmer.
Title IX became law in 1972 and began affecting the mostly male-dominated college athletics across the US, allowing women to participate.
[4] One of the players Keith recruited was Chattanooga High School standout Sharon Fanning, who also played and later coached both UTC's volleyball (until 1978) and women's basketball teams.
In 1998, he returned to coaching high school teams in Walker County, Georgia, and retired in 2014.
Conference tournament champion Wes Moore became the fourth Chattanooga women's basketball coach in 1998.
Conference tournament champion On May 9, 2013, Chattanooga announced the hiring of Jim Foster to become the new head women's basketball coach.
Soon after taking the job at Chattanooga, Foster was voted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
Conference tournament champion In May 2018, Katie Burrows was named as the new head women's basketball coach.
Conference tournament champion On March 30, 2022, Shawn Poppie was named as the new head women's basketball coach.
Conference tournament champion On April 4, 2024, Deandra Schirmer was named as the 8th head women's basketball coach.