No. UTC Rowing is a club sport, recognized by UTC Club Sports and a member of USRowing, ACRA and SIRA. It has been a club for all 55 years.

Yes. Three of the four athletes in UTC’s 2026 ACRA crew sat in a boat for the first time on April 6, six weeks before nationals, and all three are back for year two. No experience is required. How to join

A small annual club fee, which covers USRowing membership, boathouse storage, dock access and event entries. Athletes pay their own travel to away regattas. UTC Club Sports covers insurance for practice and travel, and the rest is fundraising.

In season (fall and spring), three sessions a week on the Tennessee River. Off-season is erg work and land training. Times shift with daylight; the coach sets the schedule and new rowers get it on day one.

Out of the William G. Raoul Rowing Center at 1001 Riverside Drive, Chattanooga, the home of Chattanooga Rowing and Lookout Rowing Club. Since summer 2026, UTC rents storage from Chattanooga Rowing, with access to the dock, facilities, and coaching equipment.

Yes. The Head of the Hooch (Chattanooga, every November) is the easiest race to watch. UTC raced two boats there in 2026 and the course runs through downtown. For practice, the boathouse is at the end of Riverside Drive and visible from the public Tennessee Riverwalk. Email the team at rowutc@gmail.com if you would like to visit the boathouse.

Gifts go through UTC’s official giving page (campaign 42934, processed by the University of Chattanooga Foundation). The current priorities are on the giving page: boats the crew can race, coaching, water access at the Raoul Rowing Center, and race travel. Named gifts for boats, racks and seats are welcome. Email Michael Kinsey, alumni relations, at rowutc@gmail.com.

In order of effort:

1. Add yourself to the roster. A name and a year is enough.
2. Send photos, race results or memories with the same form.
3. Sign up for race reports by email, at the bottom of any page.
4. Give, or row in an alumni boat at the Hooch in November.

Women’s crews won many of the program’s biggest results: the 1988 Dad Vail bronze, UTC’s first national medal, was the women’s varsity four, and the women’s crews drove the 1995–96 Augusta Invitational sweep. The restarted squad is men only for now. The plan is to add a women’s squad once the men’s program is stable. Alumnae raced an eight at the 2026 Hooch and finished third.

Send it with the roster form. If you can name the people, the regatta and the year, even better. Photos where we can’t name anyone go to the photo identification page, where alumni help fill in names. We credit the person who sent it unless you ask us not to.