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The UAB Blazers, in effect, started their entire athletics program with the creation of a men's basketball team in 1978. Setting the standards high from the start, UAB hired former UCLA, University of Illinois and Memphis head coach Gene Bartow. Known to many as the "Father of UAB athletics", Bartow led the Blazers to almost instant success.
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 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.
The UAB Blazers football team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the American Athletic Conference (AAC), competing as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The program has had six head coaches and one interim coach during its existence, as well as one stint ...
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.
Super Bowl champion Trent Dilfer was hired to coach UAB in November. Here's how the Super Bowl champion ended up in Alabama coaching college football.
The UAB Blazers football team, representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has had 14 American football players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the university began its football program in 1991. [1] This includes two players taken in the first round, of which the highest pick was Bryan Thomas at 22nd overall in 2002.
The 2024–25 UAB Blazers women's basketball team represents the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.The Blazers, led by 12th-year head coach Randy Norton, play their home games at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama as second year members of the American Athletic Conference.