[Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from UAB AD Mark Ingram]
UAB is set to part ways with head football coach Trent Dilfer after an abysmal three years in Birmingham.
Dilfer was fired by the Blazers after a 53-33 blowout loss to Florida Atlantic, which left the Blazers at 2-4 on the season.
In announcing the move, UAB athletics director Mark Ingram said the program's on-field performance had "not lived up to the standard of winning we have for the program."
The Blazers were 4-8 in 2023, Dilfer's first full season, and went 3-9 in 2024, good for a 9-21 record over two and a half seasons.
Dilfer, a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, had built a strong high school football resume before being hired at UAB, leading Lipscomb Academy in Tennessee to a 44-10 record as head coach.
Dilfer was the seventh head coach in UAB football history.
Ingram named offensive coordinator Alex Mortensen as the interim head coach.
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