Mortensen, 40, took over as the Blazers' interim coach halfway through the 2025 season following the firing of Trent Dilfer.

UAB football is elevating Alex Mortensen to head coach, according to multiple reports. What to know of the Blazers' new coach ...

Alex Mortensen, the son of late former ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen, has landed his first college football head coach ...

UAB is expected to remove the interim tag from Alex Mortensen's title and name him the program's full-time head coach, ESPN's Pete Thamel reported Thursday. Mortensen, the 40-year-old son of the late ...

The son of a late ESPN legend is being tabbed for a college football head coaching job after serving in an interim role.

For two years, Alex Mortensen was engineer of some of UAB's most consistent offense that "established multiple school records ...

UAB football has found its head coach moving ahead into the 2026 season, as the Blazers elevate Alex Mortensen.

UAB is making Alex Mortensen its permanent head coach, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Thursday. Mortensen, 40, had served ...

Trent Dilfer didn’t last long as a college football head coach. UAB fired the former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Sunday night after just two-plus season in which he amassed a 9-21 record. The ...

Trent Dilfer will arrive at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville this weekend as a man in a precarious position. The former NFL quarterback is in his third season at UAB, where he has gone just 9-18. A ...

Trent Dilfer, 53, an Aptos native who played 13 seasons in the NFL and helped Baltimore win Super Bowl XXXV in 2000, was fired as University of Alabama at Birmingham’s football coach on Sunday. His ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer was fired as UAB's coach Sunday, a ...