{{Short description|Multi-campus college in middle Tennessee, US}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = Motlow State Community College | logo = File:Motlow State Community College (Lynchburg, Tennessee) logo.png | logo_alt = Yellow "M" inside a green shield | image = Motlow State Community College - Smyrna Center.JPG | caption = Motlow State Community College - Smyrna Center | motto = | established = 1969 | type = Public community college | endowment = | faculty = | president = Michael L. Torrence | vice-president = | students = 5,000 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnj.com/story/news/education/2015/08/24/tn-promise-tied-record-motlow-enrollment/32231865/|title=TN Promise tied to record Motlow enrollment in Smyrna|publisher=Daily News Journal}}</ref> | undergrad = | postgrad = | city = Lynchburg, McMinnville, Fayetteville and Smyrna | state = Tennessee | country = United States | campus = | colors = {{color box|green}} {{color box|gold}} Green & Gold <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mscc.edu/rpc/mediabank.aspx|title=Media Bank}}</ref> | free_label = | free = | mascot = Reagor the buck | fightsong = | nickname = Bucks & Lady Bucks | affiliations = TCCAA / NJCAA | website = [http://www.motlow.edu Motlow.edu] | address = | coordinates = {{coord|35.3658|-86.2999|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | footnotes = }} thumb|Motlow State Community College’s Moore County campus near Tullahoma, Tennessee '''Motlow State Community College''' is a public community college with multiple locations in southern Middle Tennessee. The main campus opened its facilities in 1969 and is located in Moore County on 187 acres of land donated by the late Senator Reagor Motlow and family. Motlow College also has learning centers in Fayetteville, McMinnville and Smyrna, a teaching site in Sparta and a partnership in Shelbyville at the Middle Tennessee Education Center.
The college residents in an 11-county service area including Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Franklin, Lincoln, Moore, Rutherford, Van Buren, Warren, and White. The college also allows residents of three border counties in Alabama to pay in-state tuition: Madison, Jackson, and Limestone counties.
Motlow participates in baseball/softball, and men's and women's basketball, and women's soccer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motlow State Women's Soccer Built on Success |url=https://www.mscc.edu/news/2022/motlow-state-womens-soccer-built-on-success.html |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.mscc.edu}}</ref> as part of the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association and the National Junior College Athletic Association.
==History== The Motlow family donated {{convert|187|acre|km2}} of land on which the college is built in Moore County, Tennessee; subsequently, the college bears the family name—Motlow College.
===Presidents=== * Sam Ingram (president 1968–1975) * Harry Wagner (president 1975–1986) * Wade Powers (interim president 1986–1987) * A. Frank Glass (president 1987–2003) * Arthur L. Walker, Jr. (president 2003–2006) * MaryLou Apple (president 2006–2015) * Anthony Kinkel (president 2015–2017) * Hilda Tunstill (interim president 2017) * Michael L. Torrence (president 2018–present)
==Accreditation== Motlow is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Level 1 associate degree.
==Notable alumni== * Freddie Goldstein or Freddie Lish, basketball player<ref>{{cite news|first=Tommy|last=Hicks|title=South Alabama's Goldstein cleared to play in tournament|date=March 18, 2013|website=AL.com|url=https://www.al.com/sports/2013/03/south_alabamas_goldstein_clear.html|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> * Bryan Morris, professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=morribr01|title= Bryan Morris Stats |publisher= Baseball Almanac |accessdate= November 10, 2012}}</ref> * Aleksandar Zečević (born 1996), Serbian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
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==External links== * [http://www.mscc.edu Official website] * [http://www.motlowsports.com Official athletics website]
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Category:Motlow State Community College Category:1969 establishments in Tennessee Category:Community colleges in Tennessee Category:Lynchburg, Tennessee Category:Education in Moore County, Tennessee Category:NJCAA schools Category:Universities and colleges established in 1969 Category:Two-year colleges in the United States