The 2024–25 Chattanooga Mocs women's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mocs, who were led by first-year head coach Deandra Schirmer, played their home games at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
They finished the season 17–15, 9–5 in SoCon play, to finish in second place.
Previous season The Mocs finished the 2023–24 season 28–5, 13–1 in SoCon play, to finish as SoCon regular-season champions. They defeated Western Carolina, Mercer and UNC Greensboro to win the SoCon tournament championship, heading to the NCAA tournament for the third consecutive year. They received the #14 seed in the Portland Regional 4, where they would fall to #3 region seed NC State in the first round.
On March 26, 2024, it was announced that head coach Shawn Poppie would be leaving the program, in order to take the head coaching position at Clemson. On April 4, the school announced that they would be hiring Valdosta State head coach Deandra Schirmer as Poppie's successor.
Preseason On October 16, 2024, the SoCon released their preseason coaches poll. Chattanooga was picked to finish sixth in the SoCon regular season.
Preseason rankings SoCon preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Wofford 49 (7) 2 UNC Greensboro 42 (1) T–3 Furman 31 Samford 5 East Tennessee State 25 6 Chattanooga 23 7 Mercer 13 8 Western Carolina 10
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Preseason All-SoCon Team Preseason All-SoCon TeamPlayerPositionYearKalifa FordGuard/forwardGraduate studentSigrún ÓlafsdóttirGuardSenior Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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