UAB hires Alex Mortensen, son of NFL analyst Chris Mortensen, as Blazers offensive coordinator

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama analyst Alex Mortensen has been employed as the subsequent offensive coordinator at UAB, new coach Trent Dilfer informed CBS Sports activities. Mortensen, 37, has been with Alabama since 2014. He’s the son of longtime NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.

Alex performed quarterback at Arkansas and Samford. After graduating school, he served as passing recreation coordinator at Division II New Mexico Highlands (2012-13) in addition to a training assistant with the St. Louis Rams (2013). He has been each a graduate assistant and analyst with the Crimson Tide since 2014. Between his stints at Alabama, Mortensen was a large receivers coach for the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Soccer.

Dilfer was introduced Wednesday because the Blazers new coach, changing interim coach Bryant Vincent, UAB’s former offensive coordinator. The 50-year-old Dilfer jumped immediately into school teaching after 4 years as a highschool coach at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, Tennessee.

The previous Super Bowl-winning quarterback completed 43-10 with two state championships. Dilfer has promised a progressive, progressive employees to the purpose he’s utilizing a few of his wage so as to add to the assistants’ pool. He’s the primary highschool coach to make the leap to FBS since Tony Sanchez at UNLV in 2015.

“Essentially the most overrated individual in constructing is the pinnacle coach, as a result of he will get an excessive amount of credit score for the issues different sensible folks do,” Dilfer mentioned. “The best factor concerning the head coach is when he hires folks which can be smarter than him.”