Casey Long joined John Shulman's staff on June 4, 2012. It is his first coaching position. Although he is new to this side of the bench, he is well-acquainted with the program.

Long starred for four years, the last three under Shulman. His career began during the 2003-04 season and spanned through 2006-07. During that time, his Mocs squads won 73 games as he started 102 of 125 games played.

His play at the one was pivotal in Chattanooga breaking a seven-year drought winning the 2005 Southern Conference Championship. He helped lead the Mocs to a three-point halftime lead over Wake Forest at the Albuquerque Regional before falling 70-54 to the Demon Deacons.

Casey is the only UTC student-athlete to record 1,000 points, 450 rebounds and 350 assists in his career. He scored 1,043 while grabbing 499 boards and dishing out 386 assists as the Mocs played in the SoCon Championship game in three of his four seasons.

Long was a defense-first oriented point guard. His experience playing in the Chattanooga system will be a major asset heading into the 2012-13 campaign with 10 of the 14 on the roster being freshmen or sophomores.

He is a native of Leesville, La., but prepped at Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville, N.C. He averaged 21.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a senior in 2002-03 earning conference Player of the Year honors. Long led the Falcons to a 23-6 record and the state playoffs setting his career high of 36 points his senior year.

Casey participated in North Carolina's East-West All-Star Game in Greensboro, N.C., in July of 2003. In 2002 as a junior, he led Seventy-First to the state title game and a 27-3 record. He averaged 14.8 points and 5.0 assists per game for Bernie Poole that year and also picked up one letter for football.

Long excelled in the classroom as well. He won the Athletic Academic Award for maintaining a 3.5 grade point average and was a Vocational Honor Student and was recipient of the Principal's Award. He tallied his degree in Political Science from UTC upon completion of his eligibility.