The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Women's Soccer

TWO-TIME SOUTHERN CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR 2022 Southern Conference Regular Season Champions   Gavin McKinney, Chattanooga’s third head coach of women’s soccer,

Josie Rix joined the Mocs soccer staff in the summer of 2025. In her first season with the Mocs, UTC won 10 matches, second most in program history, and saw several members of the squad take over first place in multiple categories. Rix spent the three previous seasons as an assistant for the Florida Gators under Samantha Bohan. Prior to joining the Gators, Rix spent four seasons with Southern Conference foe Samford as associate head coach. The Bulldogs won the Southern Conference championship every season Rix was with Samford – 2018, 2019, 2021 (spring) and 2021 (fall). The 2021 Bulldogs were the first team in 13 seasons to not drop a single point in SoCon Conference action. Rix came to Samford after spending the 2017 season at Auburn as volunteer assistant coach. An assistant coach at Wofford for three seasons (2015-17), Rix helped two-time All-Southern Conference honoree Hayley Younginer achieve the Terriers' single season record 21 goals and 46 points in 2017. Rix began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Lee University in 2014. Rix started 40 matches for the University of Alabama from 2009 to 2012, helping the 2011 Crimson Tide earn its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1998. She spent the summer after graduating from Alabama playing semi-professional soccer for the Knoxville Lady Force. A highly decorated star at Girls Preparatory School of Chattanooga, Tenn., she was inducted into the GPS Athletic Hall of Fame in April of 2019.