Trent Dilfer’s out, Alex Mortensen’s in as interim, and UAB now needs to find a new long-term answer at head coach.
After making the bold move to hire Dilfer without any college coaching experience three years ago, UAB Director of Athletics Mark Ingram said the university will prioritize candidates familiar with the college level during its search.
“We want to find people that have had success, as I said, college success,” Ingram said on Monday. “[Coaches] that have had some success navigating the transfer rules and managing the players and that kind of thing, with that ability to constantly leave or choose to redshirt on their own, those kind of things. These are new challenges that didn’t exist, not very long ago. Let’s just say college experience. … I don’t want to pinpoint a specific character trait, but college experience, I will certainly emphasize that.”
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