Venture down memory lane to the early days of Chattanooga women's basketball with former head coach Sharon Fanning-Otis and UTC's all-time leading scorer and rebounder Regina Kirk. Both join host Chris Goforth as this week's guests on Mocs on the Mic, presented by SmartBank.  
 
Fanning led the Mocs to the first three Southern Conference regular season titles and tournament crowns. Her 1983-84 team posted a 26-5 overall record and entered the Associated Press Top 20 at No. 19 after defeating 17^th-ranked Clemson. The team remained 19^th through the next six games and was ranked 20^th in the final ranking. That team was runner-up to Vanderbilt in the National Women's Invitation Tournament.
 
Fanning, as Sharon Cable, played for UTC and went on to coach the Lady Mocs for 11 years. She led UTC to a state title, runner-up in the NWIT and three Southern Conference regular season and tournament titles. The NCAA was new to women's championships at the time and did not offer an automatic bid to all conference champions.
 
Regina Kirk played for Fanning in her final years and continued under head coach Craig Parrott. She is the Mocs' all-time leading scorer with 2,376 points and rebounder with 1,086 boards. She holds school records in seven categories including points in a game and career field goals. She has two 20-point, 20 rebounds games and topped 30 points in a game 14 times.
 
Both are members of the UTC Hall of Fame and Kirk was the Mocs' first selection to the Southern Conference Hall of Fame. Fanning was named SoCon Coach of the Year twice and Kirk was selected the league Player of the Year in 1988 and was a four-time all-conference performer.

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