UAB opens the 2023 season on Thursday at Protective Stadium in Birmingham.
The Blazers are a season removed from the sudden retirement of legendary coach Bill Clark, who led UAB to a 49-26 record with two CUSA titles, the first bowl win in program history and a 31-28 upset of No. 13 BYU in the 2021 Independence Bowl in his final game as head coach, but are not content with a rebuild as much as a renovation on an already solid foundation, as Dilfer has referenced many times since his hiring last December.
UAB returns only a handful of starters on the offensive end but Dilfer and his staff brought in a wide array of talent from the transfer portal and its freshmen signing class. While known for their bruising rushing attack under the tenancy of Clark, the Blazers are expected to evolve their offensive prowess under new offensive coordinator Alex Mortensen, who was the man behind the curtain of the Alabama offense while serving as an analyst in Tuscaloosa.
“It will be a collaboration, that’s the easiest way to say it, but Mortensen and Ta’ufo’ou are the lead dogs,” Dilfer said. “They will call the offense and defense as they see fit with my input. The best way I’ve seen it done is you win with how you prepare, and as Mortensen and I have spent more time together, and Ta’ufo’ou and I have a long history together and were spending a lot of time together, we think each other’s thoughts.
“You’re trying to get a DNA report on who they are and you can’t just go to last year’s film to figure it out,” Dilfer said. “That’s what we’re doing right now and we’ve been doing it for the last few days -- trying to figure out who they are, what we think they’re going to be, but never losing sight of who we are.”
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