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From 1979 to 1992, UAB introduced another mascot, a chicken named "Beauregard T. Rooster," originally worn by UAB employee Frank Sutherland as a Halloween costume; the use of this mascot was halted due to concern of trademark infringement lawsuit by San Diego's Chicken's.
The current UAB mascot is a green dragon named Blaze. Former mascots included a strange cartoonish Nordic warrior named Blaze the Viking in 1993 and a rooster named Beauregard T. Rooster, which remained the school's mascot until 1992 when Coach Gene Bartow thought it would be a good time to change as UAB joined the Great Midwest Conference and ...
UAB football began with the play of an organized club football team in 1989. [5] After two years competing as a club football team, on March 13, 1991, UAB President Charles McCallum and athletic director Gene Bartow announced that the university would compete in football as an NCAA Division III team beginning in the fall of 1991, with Jim Hilyer serving as the first head coach.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1969 and part of the University of Alabama System , UAB has grown to be the state's largest employer, with more than 24,200 faculty and staff and over 53,000 jobs at the university.
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The UAB Blazers men's basketball team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in NCAA Division I men's college basketball, with the 2023–24 season being the Blazers' first as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Blazers play home games at Bartow Arena and are coached by Andy Kennedy.
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The 2022 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by interim head coach Bryant Vincent , who was coaching his first season with the team.