UAB fires Trent Dilfer as football coach after 2-4 start

University of Alabama at Birmingham fired head football coach Trent Dilfer on Sunday, the school announced a day after the Blazers fell 53-33 at Florida Atlantic, leaving UAB 2-4 on the season and 9-21 in Dilfer's two-and-a-half years leading the program. Athletic director Mark Ingram said the decision followed a stretch of results that did not meet the program's expectations.

"We agree that unfortunately our on-field performance has not lived up to the standard of winning we have for the program," Ingram said in a statement. The university named offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Alex Mortensen as interim head coach and said it will hold a press conference on Monday to discuss the change.

Dilfer, a former NFL quarterback who was part of a Super Bowl-winning Baltimore Ravens team, was hired in 2023 for his first college head-coaching post. He went 4-8 in his debut season, 3-9 last year and 2-4 this season before his dismissal. The Blazers entered the weekend on a three-game losing streak after consecutive defeats at Tennessee, at home to Army and at Florida Atlantic. Under Dilfer, UAB did not win consecutive games and lost 18 of 21 games by double digits, including an...