UAB offensive line coach Mike Bennefield is resigning

He'll look to spend more time closer to home with his family, but keep coaching.

Coaches change jobs, get hired, fired, resign, retire and whatnot all the time. the UAB Blazer football program, however, will be a little bit less awesome going forward, as longtime Bill Clark cohort Mike Bennefield has announced that he is stepping down as the Blazers' offensive line coach.

Bennefield's story is a unique one because he's not just a great football coach, he's also a survivor. He suffered a severe brain injury back in 1998 when he was still a high school baseball coach, after taking a line drive to the temple during a session of pitching batting practice without the safety screen (for the first…