Alex Mortensen will be Trent Dilfer's offensive coordinator at UAB, the new head Blazer told Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports.
Mortensen joins from Alabama, where he has been a graduate assistant and an analyst since 2014.
The 37-year-old is the son of legendary ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen.
A former quarterback at Arkansas and Samford, Mortensen has on-field experience as the passing game coordinator at New Mexico Highlands in 2012-13. He has also coached wide receivers for the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football, and also spent time as a coaching assistant for the St. Louis Rams.
Dilfer joined UAB after three seasons as the head coach at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville.
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