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McGee was the only African American to ever be football head coach at UAB. The Blazers posted a 3–9 record in McGee's first season as head coach and a 2–10 record in his second. On January 9, 2014, it was announced that McGee would resign as UAB head coach to join Bobby Petrino as offensive coordinator at Louisville. [19]
As a Division I-AA independent for the 1993 through 1995 seasons, UAB compiled an overall record of 21 wins and 12 losses before they moved up to Division I-A. [4] The Blazers entered the 1996 season as an I-A independent, [6] and in their first I-A game, UAB lost to in-state rival Auburn 29–0. They finished their first I-A season with 5 wins ...
The UAB Blazers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the UAB Blazers football program in various categories, [1] [2] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders.
The 2023 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of the American Athletic Conference (AAC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Trent Dilfer , the Blazers compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing in a three ...
UAB scored a go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter to beat BYU 31-28 in the Blazers' first bowl appearance since 2019. UAB football upsets No. 13 BYU in Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
The news that UAB would be starting a men's basketball team in the spring of 1978 had everyone in school and in the town excited. The team needed a name, though. According to former UAB dean Tennant McWilliams' book, a group of faculties, staff members, and administrators had been using "Name Our Team" forms to ask for suggestions from the ...
Clark also led the Blazers to Conference USA championships in both 2018 and 2020, and is the only UAB coach to have won a conference championship. [6] Jim Hilyer, the program's first coach, is the all-time leader in win percentage, at .683 with a record of 27–12–2. Garrick McGee has the lowest win percentage, at just .208 with a record of 5 ...
The two teams didn't play from 2012-22 because they were in different conferences, but UAB joined the AAC before last season and Memphis beat the Blazers in Birmingham last year.