SVG Campus Shot Callers: Leah Gill, Associate Athletic Director, Digital Media, University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaThe Appalachian State grad leads MocVision's game broadcasts, videoboards, digital contentBy Brandon Costa, Director of Digital Thursday, January 15, 2026 - 10:13 am
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The pool of production and operations talent in sports media runs much deeper than the national networks. SVG Campus Shot Callers spotlights the behind-the-scenes leaders powering the massive wave of college sports productions available to fans today. Across athletic departments nationwide, these administrators manage teams, oversee technology investment, mentor students, and ensure that hundreds of live broadcasts make it to air each year. This series highlights their journeys, philosophies, and the vital role they play in shaping live sports production.
Over the past decade, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) has steadily expanded both the scale and sophistication of its in-house production efforts. Under the MocsVision banner, the operation delivers dozens of ESPN broadcasts each year (via the Southern Conference's distribution deal with ESPN), produces in-venue shows across multiple facilities, and supports the athletics department with a wide range of digital content - from sponsor elements and commercials to graphics packages and original storytelling.
Leading the operation is Leah Gill, associate AD, digital media, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, who has spent nearly two decades building the foundation of the Mocs' creative and live-production infrastructure. After beginning as a contract employee with the department in 2006, Gill joined the staff full-time in 2011 and has guided MocsVision through a period of steady growth. Today, her group produces roughly 75 live broadcasts across seven sports, videoboard shows for four sports in three venues, and a constant stream of digital and creative content that supports every corner of Chattanooga Athletics.
A self-described videoboard person who has also embraced the engineering side of the operation, Gill oversees a lean but versatile team responsible for broadcasts, in-venue presentation, and creative services. From leading UTC's entry into school-produced ESPN broadcasts to connecting off-campus venues to a centralized control room via NDI workflows, her fingerprints are on nearly every aspect of how the Mocs appear on-screen.
In this edition of SVG Campus Shot Callers, Gill reflects on two decades in the booth, her people-first leadership philosophy, the technical evolution of MocsVision, and why culture and consistency remain the foundation of every successful live production.
What are the key responsibilities of your current role?
Currently, MocsVision serves three main areas: broadcast, videoboards, and content creation. I am fortunate to have two full-time staff members. Each of us has our specialty (I'm a videoboard person, myself), but I oversee the whole operation as an administrator. I handle crewing for all our events, liaison with the university as needed, and also serve as our default engineer. When I took over as leader for this area in 2014, the technical side intimidated me the most; now it's my favorite aspect of the job.
Gill oversees MocsVision, the team in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's athletics department responsible for all ESPN broadcasts, in-venue videoboard presentations, and other video- and graphics-content production. (Photos: Leah Gill)
What is one core philosophy you try to live by when managing your team/operation?
Take care of your people, and they will take care of you. I care about my people. I care about their work-life balance. In 11 years, I have had to make a total of only three hires for the two other positions in my area, and I am very proud of this. Turnover is high in college athletics, and I've been able to avoid burning out employees. The culture at MocsVision has led to consistency, which has led to a great product. I try to hire good people and then get out their way. I'll take all the heat and fight the battles that I can so that they can get their jobs done.
What is one key technology investment that your department has made that you feel as greatly improved your productions, workflows, or how your team operates?
NDI technology to connect venues across campus to our control room in McKenzie Arena. Frankly, we didn't have the cash to consider ST 2110 at the time, but I had a B&H catalog and someone from IT in my pocket. For a few grand in converters, we now push our ESPN broadcasts for volleyball and wrestling from our control room in McKenzie Arena. Previously, we had to pack out everything, and it was not going to remain sustainable, for us or for the gear. We are hoping to move to this model in the spring for softball, which is played at an off-campus, city-owned facility.
Gill has overseen production of UTC live game broadcasts on ESPN streaming platforms since 2015.
How did you get started in sports production? What made you want to pursue this career?
My degree was in broadcasting/electronic media way back in 2000 (that's five years before we had YouTube). Somehow, I fell into a job at my alma mater, Appalachian State. We ran the smallest videoboard in the world, and I made the weekly coaches show.
When I got married in 2004, I moved to Raleigh, NC, and took a production job with state government. I was bored out of my mind! I was able to get on the game-day videoboard crew for NC State and the Carolina Hurricanes, and that scratched the itch, I guess. The camaraderie of life on comms with the rest of the crew is special, and maybe that's what I missed.
Two years later, a job change for my husband led us to Chattanooga, TN. My old boss from App S
