The 7th Floor · Jun 27, 2020
Summer Scheming: UAB Blazers Football
Photo by Bobby McDuffie/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe UAB Blazers played their inaugural football season in 1991 as a Division III school. The Blazers were successful right off the bat finishing 4-3-2 (2 ties) under Jim Hilyer. By ‘93 UAB was a 1-AA independent (FCS) and by ‘95 a 1-A (FBS) independent.
The Blazers slumped into obscurity under a myriad of coaches until Bill Clark took over in 2014. Clark finished 6-6 and the program was shutdown for no reason other than the Alabama Crimson Tide were tired of sharing resources and potentially recruits.