chattanooga MOCS

Scottie Kilgore enters his 10th year on the Chattanooga coaching staff in the fall of 2025 and his fifth as associate head coach. Kilgore has built an impressive resume of coaching softball at the collegiate, club and high school levels.

He helped the Mocs to back-to-back Southern Conference regular season titles in 2024 and 2025 while the Mocs claimed SoCon Tournament crowns in 2019, 2022 and 2024. Chattanooga reached the NCAA Tournament three times during his tenure and had back-to-back SoCon Pitcher of the Year and the SoCon Player of the Year in 2025.

Kilgore works with both the offense and defense. He played a vital role in helping lead the program to three Southern Conference titles and NCAA Tournament appearances (2015, 2019 & 2022) so far during his tenure.

UTC has continued to rank among the league's top offenses over the eight seasons. During the 2019 championship season, Chattanooga led the SoCon in batting average (.294), on-base percentage (.365), hits (420) and RBI (243). The team's batting average ranked 52nd across all NCAA DI.

Kilgore has volunteered his time and knowledge over the years to coach several travel ball programs as well as conducting independent clinics for athletes who have gone on to play at the collegiate level.

Kilgore served as a coach at Northwest Whitfield High for seven years, attending five state tournaments. He assisted the Lady Bruins in two regional championships and two state championship titles.

Prior to coaching at Northwest Whitfield, Kilgore also assisted Donald Picket, the current head coach of Northwest Louisiana State, with the Chattanooga Eagles from 2000-06. During his time with the Eagles, Kilgore helped lead the team to the ASA National Championships every year.

Kilgore is also currently the head coach of the Forice Elite Champions organization in Dalton, Ga.

He resides in Cohutta, Ga. with is wife Sonya and daughter Marley.

Updated June 2025.