Trent Dilfer, UAB Partial Routes
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The UAB Blazers fired head coach Trent Dilfer on Sunday after the team fell to 2-4 on the year following a loss to the Florida Atlantic Owls.
The Super Bowl champion took over as head coach at UAB before the start of the 2023 season after success at the high school level. He never had a winning season while on the sidelines at UAB.
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UAB Blazers coach Trent Dilfer during the second half against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium on September 20, 2025. (Randy Sartain/Imagine Images)
“We have made the decision to part ways with head football coach Trent Dilfer. We agree that, unfortunately, our performance on the field has not lived up to the winning standard we have achieved as a program,” UAB Director of Athletics Mark Ingram said in a statement. “This decision will allow us to move forward in the best long-term interest of the program.”
Alex Mortensen has been named interim coach for the remainder of the season, Ingram said.
“I wish Coach Dilfer the best and thank him for his advancement, hard work and commitment during his tenure at UAB,” Ingram added. “Although his efforts did not translate into a record, every young man he played with will be a better person as a result.”
UAB Blazers coach Trent Dilfer on the sidelines during the first half against the Midshipmen at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Sept. 6, 2025. (Tommy Gilligan/Imagine Images)
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The final straw for the school was a 53-33 loss to Florida Atlantic. This was the third win for the Owls this season.
Dilfer was the head coach at Lipscomb Academy in Tennessee from 2019 to 2022. He was 44-10 at the school before being hired at UAB.
He spent 13 years in the NFL, playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns, and San Francisco 49ers.
UAB Blazers coach Trent Dilfer before the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium on September 20, 2025. (Randy Sartain/Imagine Images)
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He won a Super Bowl with the Ravens.
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