Dan Earl on See, Share, Shoot and Compete (EP380)
The Basketball Podcast
Chris Oliver
4.3 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In this week's coaching conversation, University of Tennessee at Chattonooga head coach Dan Earl joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on his see, share, shoot and compete philosophy.
Since taking over as head coach of the Chattanooga Mocs in 2022, Earl has transformed the team into a force in the Southern Conference. His tenure has been marked by sustained progress, culminating in a standout 2024-25 season in which Chattanooga secured a 29-9 overall record and a 15-3 conference record to claim the Southern Conference regular-season championship.
His guidance propelled the Mocs to an impressive run in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), where they emerged as champions after an overtime victory against UC Irvine. His coaching excellence was recognized as he earned his second Southern Conference Coach of the Year award in 2025.
Earl began his head coaching journey at Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 2015, where he led the program for seven seasons. Though faced with challenges, he guided VMI to notable success, including a 12-11 record in the 2020-21 season that earned him Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors. His leadership culminated in a postseason berth when VMI reached the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) in 2022.
Before becoming a head coach, Earl gained valuable experience as an assistant coach at Penn State from 2006 to 2011, followed by a stint as associate head coach at Navy from 2011 to 2015. His years in assistant roles helped shape his coaching philosophy, emphasizing player development, tactical execution, and resilience.
With two Southern Conference Coach of the Year awards to his name and a proven track record of success, Dan Earl continues to solidify his reputation as a top-tier leader in college basketball.
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| 0:00.0 | Awesome to welcome University of Tennessee as Chattanooga head coach, Dan Earle, to the basketball podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Since taking over as the head coach at Chattanooga in 2022, Earl has transformed the team into a force of the Southern Conference. |
| 0:12.0 | His tenure has been marked by sustained excellence, culminating in a standout, 2024-25 season, in which Chattanooga secured a 29 and 9 overall record and a 15 and 3 conference |
| 0:22.3 | record to claim the Southern Conference Routers' season championship. His guidance propelled |
| 0:27.0 | the mocks to an impressive run in the N&IT tournament where they emerged as champions after an |
| 0:32.0 | overtime victory against UC Irvine. His coaching excellence was recognized as he earned his second |
| 0:37.3 | Southern Conference |
| 0:38.0 | Coach of Year award in 2025. Earl began his head coaching journey at VMI in 2015, where he led |
| 0:45.5 | the program for seven seasons. He guided VMI to notable success, including a 12 and 11 record in |
| 0:51.0 | the 2021 season that earned him Southern Conference Coach of Year honors. |
| 0:55.9 | His leadership culminated in a postseason birth when VMI reached the college basketball |
| 0:59.6 | invitation in 2022. |
| 1:02.0 | Before becoming a head coach, |
| 1:03.5 | Earl gained valuable experience as an assistant coach at Penn State and at Navy. |
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