Trent Dilfer has been fired as the head football coach at UAB. This was his 3rd season at the helm of the Blazers football program
going 9-21 overall. Here is a
look at the UAB Blazers football program since 2008 (the
first year that in which I have data for the model) and partially
covers Neil Calloway (2008-2011), Garrick McGee (2012-2013), Bill Clark (2014, 2017-2021), and Trent Dilfer (2023-2025*). After the figure
below is a more
detailed look at
the UAB Blazers football program during head coach Dilfer's
tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed). NOTE: UAB's football program did not exist in 2015 & 2016.
Trent Dilfer [2023-2025]
2023
The Blazers finished
the regular season at 4-8 making them bowl ineligible. The Blazers played
against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that UAB's SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "league" SOS.
UAB's
best regular season win
was against #74 ranked South Florida by a
score of (56-35) and their worst regular season loss was to #93 ranked North Texas by a
score of (42-45).
UAB was the #81 ranked team overall, with the #50 ranked
offense and the #120 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2024
The Blazers finished
the regular season at 3-9 making them bowl ineligible. The Blazers played
against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). UAB's
best regular season win
was against #92 ranked Rice by a
score of (40-14) and their worst regular season loss was to #120 ranked Charlotte by a
score of (27-29).
UAB was the #106 ranked team overall, with the #97 ranked
offense and the #103 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2025*
The Blazers were 2-4 at the time of Dilfer's firing. The Blazers played
against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS) to this point in the season. At the time, UAB's best win was against currently ranked #127 Akron and their worst regular season loss was to currently ranked #101 Florida Atlantic by a
score of (33-53).
At the time of Dilfer's firing, UAB was the #125 ranked team overall, with the #86 ranked
offense and the #132 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2025 FBS Head Coach Changes
