‘On field performance has not lived up to the standard of winning’: UAB relieves Trent Dilfer of coaching duties

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Trent Dilfer has been relieved of his duties at UAB.

The Blazers fell to Florida Atlantic 53-33 Saturday and are now 2-4 on the season.

UAB Director of Athletics Mark Ingram released the following statement Sunday afternoon and says that Blazers offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Alex Mortensen will serve as the interim head coach:

“There’s no sign over anyone’s head that says if you hire me, I’ll win you this many games. You take the information you have with the candidates you have and you make the best decision you can. I don’t apologize for that,” said Ingram.

Dilfer was 9-21 overall in Birmingham after being hired from Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, Tennessee in 2022.

This is Mortensen’s first chance at being a head coach. He spent nine years under Nick Saban at the University of Alabama.

Mortensen says he is going to work hard to put the Blazers in a position to succeed.

“This thing is really about the players,” Mortensen said. “We got six games left and some of them, this is their last stretch. They’re seniors and this is their last stretch to play college football.”

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