Nick Saban’s coaching tree grew another branch over the weekend, as Alex Mortensen was promoted to UAB’s interim coach following Trent Dilfer’s dismissal from the team on Sunday.
Mortensen has spent the past three seasons as the Blazers’ offensive coordinator. Before that, he spent nine years under Nick Saban at Alabama. A day into his new role, Mortensen said he hasn’t reached out to his former boss for advice just yet.
However, that will likely change in the coming days. “When I worked with Coach Saban, I kind of used the same approach I use now that you want to save your bullets for when you really need them,” Mortensen said Monday during his introductory press conference. “I certainly plan on calling him, but he was a guy, even when I worked for him, I didn’t want to be knocking on his office door all the time bugging him.” UAB interim coach Alex Mortensen, who was an analyst at Alabama from 2020-22, makes it 16 former Nick Saban assistants or staffers who are currently FBS head coaches.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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