Smith oversaw the development of standout Andre Wilson who finished the season with 54 catches for 677 yards and six touchdowns. UAB also caused a turnover in every game except one and recorded 14 total turnovers including eight interceptions and six fumble recoveries. With Reeves in charge, the 2017 Blazers defense jumped up to 5th in Conference USA in total defense and 41st overall nationally. [A 1] On June 24, 2022 Clark announced his retirement as head coach at UAB, [7] due to chronic back problems. WR R-Fr. Mitchell earned Conference USA Honorable Mention accolades after compiling 29 catches for 436 yards. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Smith played quarterback at Vanderbilt from 2007-11 and started 27 games in his career. During his distinguished career, Clay held . Williams, who was on Head Coach Michael Locksley's first staff at Maryland, served as the Terps outside linebackers coach in 2019, the defensive line coach in 2020 and was elevated to co-defensive coordinator in 2021. He called Tiger Woods' surgeon. When computing the winloss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. He wanted to play in it so badly -- it represented the culmination of him not just rebuilding UAB football but turning it into something entirely new and better -- that he pushed off earlier thoughts of dealing with his bad back. Leading the way for UAB was linebacker Kristopher Moll and defensive lineman Garrett Marino, who were each named First Team All-Conference USA. Kodi Look. The Blazers played their home games at the newly opened Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Name Title Email Address Phone Twitter; Jeff Sokol: Head Football Coach sokol@rose-hulman.edu (812) 877-8936 (812) 877-8936 @CoachSokolRHIT: Andrew Fries: Assistant Football Coach fries@rose-hulman.edu (812) 877-8204 (812) 877-8204 @Coach_Fries: Jeffrey Stanton: Assistant Football Coach He hadn't planned for this. Dylan Hopkins throws a dime to Trea Shropshire for a 14-yard passing TD to put the Blazers on top late in the fourth quarter. As far as current staff is concerned, Dilfer is open to retention but few spots remain with half of his initial staff selected within a week of accepting the position and assuming full-time duties. Season tickets for the 2023 UAB Football season are now available starting as low as $99. Trent will do an amazing job in terms of his leadership ability, knowledge of the game and the ability to lead a group of men, Kelly said. I might look at a little bit here and there. In all, the Blazers finished 34th nationally in rushing offense (201.3/game). Still, Clark talks to Vincent regularly and wants to be a resource for the rest of the staff. Smith has been an instrumental part in UABs successful return to the playing field in 2017. The FAU football team will be parting ways with Theres a lot down here. Click here for the full release announcing Coach Dilfer. "It's uncharted territory," Clark says. Jennifer told him he'd go stir crazy without the daily grind of running a football team. UAB Football Camps are led by the UAB Blazers Football coaching staff. 205-348-3600. Five years later, he took over as head coach at his alma mater Jacksonville State, which competes in the FCS. In the nine games played, the Blazers averaged 401.3 yards per game of total offense and scored 28.4 points per game. But I can't. Bill Clark is the only UAB head coach to lead a UAB team to a conference championship. Offensive coordinator Bryant Vincent stepped in as the interim head coach and led the program to a bowl game before finishing the season 7-6 while setting a number of offensive records. Breaking the news to players was difficult. UAB ranked seventh by allowing opponents to gain just 311.1 yards per game. Matt Noyer. Pike Road Pike Road, Ala. Full Bio. All rights reserved (About Us). Last edited on 13 November 2022, at 23:57, "UAB season ends after South Carolina withdraws from bowl game, no other opponent found", "UAB Football Releases Complete 2021 Schedule", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2021_UAB_Blazers_football_team&oldid=1121755713, This page was last edited on 13 November 2022, at 23:57. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. His 209-yard outing at USM was the seventh highest rushing total in a game in program history and just the eighth time a Blazer has rushed for over 200 yards. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Bill Clark is the only UAB head coach to lead a UAB team to a conference championship. Operating in the same University of Alabama system as the behemoth school to the south in Tuscaloosa, athletic support hasn't always flowed consistently in the direction of Birmingham. Scarbinsky: UABs new coach aced the opener. Coaching Staff . Vincent has led UAB to all of these school records after establishing them when he was the offensive coordinator for the Blazers in 2014. Kitchens spent 16 seasons in the NFL . He joined the OSU staff as a defensive analyst in February of 2015 after being out of football for three seasons. UAB has been a member of Conference USA since the 1999 season. But it's their team. The Blazers finished eighth nationally in rushing offense in 2022 with an average of 235.6 rushing yards per game. He is UAB's career leader in rushing yards per game (117.4) and yards per carry (7.3). Smith was 39-2 as a starter with no regular season losses at Prattville and finished with a school record 6,011 passing yards and 54 touchdowns. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. But, no, it was needed. Ellis Ponder. In 2007, Brigham coached running backs at Birmingham Southern under head coach Joey Jones, where he led a unit that amassed 1,833 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns during the Panthers return to the gridiron following a 68-year hiatus. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Our annual college football underachiever tiers, The next wave of hot college football coaching candidates: 30 names you need to know, The 25 most important players in 2022's College Football Playoff race. The eNewspaper, a digital replica of the print edition. So then it became, 'How do I leave [UAB] in the best shape?'". The offensive unit's 529 points ranked second-most in a season, and its 33 rushing touchdowns, 223.7 rushing yards/game, 30 passing touchdowns, 37.8 points/game and 6,097 total yards of offense ranked third. Career [ edit] Dilfer will officially begin his tenure as the UAB Football Head Coach on Friday, Dec. 2, following Lipscomb Academy's state championship game tomorrow, Dec. 1, in Chattanooga. UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans. [12] None of UAB's coaches has been enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. S Sr. 6' 0'' 195 lbs . During this twenty-seven year period, the Blazers had five head coaches. Go To Coaching Staff. The Blazers played their home games at the newly opened Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). Ubosi earned Conference USA Honorable Mention All-Conference accolades. He loved the strategy, the camaraderie, the competition. What was interesting was two weeks after my wife and I had that conversation, Im saying were staying and shes saying I have a sense you were made for more than this, and in my head, Shes right again, I cant admit it, but shes right again, Dilfer said. Were looking for certain eye-work, movement traits and techniques, and weve seen some that we feel really comfortable about that are already on this roster.. 541-346-3825. He was added to the Doak Walker Award Watch List midway through the season and averaged 102.2 rushing yards per game, the third highest total in the nation amongst freshmen. The Gamecocks reached the FCS National Championship game for the first time in program history. Individually, Bryant has guided running back Spencer Brown to UAB supremacy as Brown became the Blazers all-time leading rusher during his junior year in 2019. They competed in the conference championship game for a record third consecutive year and won their second title in three years.[1]. Those are things that will happen when its comfortable for them. He says he had big-time Power 5 offers in the past -- including some interest from Auburn in 2020 that he cut off before the offer stage -- but he wasn't ready to leave UAB. At 22 years old, he became the offensive line coach at his alma mater Piedmont High. Thats not taking away from the skill positions but you win at a championship level when you win consistently at the line of scrimmage. DeWayne McBride ran for a school-record 272 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries and UAB beat Louisiana Teach 37-27 on Saturday to become bowl eligible for the seventh consecutive season. The offensive line of UAB had a tremendous season. While they haven't quite matched those heights since, the Blazers won nine games in 2021. He joined the coaching staff in January of 2016. Kyle Tatum enters his fifth season as the defensive line coach at UAB and has guided his unit to record-setting numbers since the program's return to the playing field. Name. He only changed his voicemail message this past weekend after a former player reminded him it said he was the coach at UAB. 2020. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. Kelly has compiled a 165-69 record in the last 19 years as a high school coach in Alabama and led two different programs, Jackson and Saraland, to championship game appearances. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. Not in the way that he won a Super Bowl as the starting quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens. He says he couldn't shake the feeling that he was letting them down. In his first three years as offensive coordinator, the Blazers have compiled 26 total victories and have won three straight C-USA West division titles as well as claimed the C-USA championship two of the last three years. List of UAB Blazers head football coaches, In December 2014, following the conclusion of the. He and his wife Nichele have one son, Tripp. [2][3] The 2021 schedule consisted of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season, as well as 1 neutral site game. UAB would go on to win their first bowl game with a 37-13 victory over Northern Illinois in the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl. Besides being in a nice neighborhood less than 10 miles from the football offices downtown, it was far from perfect. Not to downplay anything else, but we have a very sophisticated way of looking at football. Reeves leadership and guidance proved to be successful once again for the Blazers in the 2020 season. The school announced the hiring Tuesday, with Kitchens named to replace John Lilly after Lilly joined Frank Reich's staff with the NFL's Carolina Panthers. He led the Paladins in rushing in both 2002 and 2003, which included running for 1,042 yards and five touchdowns in 2003. Additionally, UAB has been able to get off the field when it counted the most, finishing No. These three combined for 120 of UABs 192 catches and 2,254 of the 2,815 yards. The first task for Dilfer is managing and recruiting from within the current UAB roster. Who else was coaching on the 2011 UAB t I knew about the facility upgrades. I will be a champion for UAB and Birmingham, doing what I can to further their incredible progress." Las cookies necesarias son absolutamente esenciales para que el sitio web funcione correctamente. He is a 1991 graduate of Athens State University. Williams led C-USA in passes defended (20), pass breakups (15) and interceptions (5). I had a friend that I helped out get a walk-on player here., I know a lot about Alabama football over the past years and I was scared to death to play in Thompson this year, he added. The Blazers improved 44 spots in total defense in 2014, spearheaded by the defensive line. Quote "I am stepping down, but I am not walking away, UAB football, the university and the city of Birmingham mean too much to me. He's feeling great all things considered, he says, and expects a full recovery. November 28, 2021 | 1:36pm PST. Dilfer has spent the last four seasons as the head coach at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville. Under Vincent's direction in 2014, he guided an offense that gained 2,637 yards through the air and 2,545 yards on the ground while scoring more than 30 points in eight games and more than 40 points in five games. 541-346-3825. Which raises the question: How retired is he really? Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Assistant AD of Football Operations. Im not joking. His defense has paved the way for UAB to win a C-USA record three West division titles (2018-2020), two Conference USA Championships (2018, 2020) and two bowl games (2018, 2021). Under his guidance, the Blazers have shattered the record book. They now have the new football facility and stadium they desperately needed. Reeves unit helped UAB tally 34 sacks in his first season, which was 16 more than the year before. He went 6-6 during his first season in Birmingham, but at the end of the year the rug was pulled out from under him. The 2023 Charlotte 49ers football team will represent the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The 49ers play their home games at Jerry Richardson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, and compete in their first season as a member of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). The school adopted the nickname "Blazers" for its sports programs in 1978, in preparation for the basketball program's inaugural season. "But at the same time, you know, I plan on being happy. Maybe he can be content in his mid-50s knowing he accomplished something extraordinary at UAB, that he went out on a high note, that he made a difference. Granted, his recovery will take a while, but six months isn't forever. Dilfer played with multiple players in the NFL who had connections to the state of Alabama, including Saraland football coach Jeff Kelly, and led his Lipscomb Academy (Tenn.) prep program to a 24-14 win over Class 7A champion Thompson earlier this year. Watkins Jr. became just the third player in school history to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards in a season, joining Roddy White and Derrick Ingram. In Vincent's offense, Davis threw for the most yards in school history (2,706) and his 2,951 total yards of offense are second most in program history. Dilfer will officially begin his tenure as the UAB Football Head Coach on Friday, Dec. 2, following Lipscomb Academys state championship game tomorrow, Dec. 1, in Chattanooga. The stadium was Clark's baby, his dream come true. Despite being an offensive-minded coach, and an NFL quarterback veteran of 14 years, Dilfer understands the fundamental elements that compose a successful football team. However, UAB is not a complete unknown to the seventh head coach in program history. "I've been here in the lowest lows now to the highest highs and the championships and the bowl wins. Associate Athletics Director, Football Chief Operating Officer. That average, along with 3,063 total rushing yards established new school records. They paid through the nose for a massive renovation, removing any trace of the 1960s wood-cabin vibe inside and creating the ideal setup for a future of football in the fall and summers with the grandkids. Reeves extraordinary efforts resulted in him being named a semifinalist for the 2018 Broyles Award and a nominee in 2019. And that's why I've left the door open. His Mustangs won the 2021 TSSAA D2-AA State Championship in 2021 and will play for another on Thursday. Players and coaches had already left -- pretty much all of them. There was one camp at the University of Florida where he overdid it while teaching press coverage and had to stand up on the bus for the entire ride home from Gainesville. 0. In 2014, Reeves first season at UAB , he was an integral part of the Blazers remarkable turnaround which saw them finish 6-6 after being 2-10 the year prior. Hes also an admitted fan-boy of former head coach Bill Clark. Id be an idiot not to do those things. Clark is careful as he talks about his future. UABs defense got to opposing quarterbacks often during the 2020 season. The Blazers also pitched three shutouts in 2018 which led the nation, and they were the first team in Conference USA history to have three shutouts in one season (52-0 vs. Savannah State, 42-0 at Rice, 19-0 at UTEP). Clark remained coach. A two-time Broyles Award nominee, Reeves unit has been one of the most disruptive defenses in the country, finishing top 20 nationally in total defense four straight years (2018-2021) and ranking inside the top 10 three times (2018-2020). 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