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Alabama analyst hired as UAB offensive coordinator, per report
By Andrew Olson
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Alabama analyst Alex Mortensen will be the new offensive coordinator at UAB under Trent Dilfer, according to an AL.com report. Dilfer was introduced as the new head coach of the Blazers on Wednesday.
Mortensen has had 2 stints on Nick Saban’s staff. He initially joined in 2014 as a graduate assistant, a position he held through 2018.
After coaching wide receivers for the Alliance of American Football’s Birmingham Iron during the 2019 season that was not finished, Mortensen returned to Alabama as an analyst that year. He has held the analyst title for UA’s last 4 seasons.
Mortensen, 37, is the son of ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen. He played college football at Arkansas and Samford.
Mortensen also has coaching experience with New Mexico Highlands of Division II (2012-13) and the St. Louis Rams (2013).
UAB has hired Alabama offensive analyst Alex Mortensen, a former QB and the son of ESPN’s @mortreport, to be its offensive coordinator under Trent Dilfer. https://t.co/ZqLtbM6RU4
— Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) December 2, 2022
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
