{"id":799,"date":"2009-02-24T16:31:45","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T20:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/?p=432"},"modified":"2010-12-22T12:10:58","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T16:10:58","slug":"major-gift-supports-mocs-football-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2009\/02\/major-gift-supports-mocs-football-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Major gift supports Mocs football program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chattanooga Athletics Director Rick Hart announced a major gift to the Mocs football program by two prominent donors today.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/2009\/02\/24\/renee-haugerud\/\">Ren\u00e9e Haugerud<\/a> and her husband <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/2009\/02\/24\/john-h-murphy\/\">John H. Murphy<\/a> contributed $500,000 to UTC\u2019s football program as part of a $2 million gift to The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cOn behalf of our entire athletics department, I want to thank Ren\u00e9e Haugerud and John Murphy for their generous gift in support of UTC football,\u2019 stated Hart.\u00a0 \u201cRen\u00e9e and Murph are special people who have a passion for making things, and people, \u2018better.\u2019 They believe that athletics plays an important role on our campus and in our community; and we are grateful that they have chosen to invest in the betterment of our student-athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very generous gift to the football program from Ren\u00e9e and John that is greatly appreciated,\u201d added UTC head football coach Russ Huesman. \u201cIt makes me feel even better because it comes from someone I played with at UTC.\u00a0 They are both excited about UTC football and their energy and enthusiasm about the program are what make this whole donation even better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haugerud\u2019s and Murphy\u2019s gift totals $2 million for the University.\u00a0 In addition to the $500,000 given to the Mocs\u2019 football program, the couple also donated $1.5 million to UTC\u2019s College of Business.\u00a0 The donation to the business school is for the development of the Ren\u00e9e Haugerud and John H. 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