Former NFL Network broadcaster Trent Dilfer is expected to become UAB's next head football coach in place of interim head coach Bryant Vincent, according to a Wednesday morning report from ESPN.

Dilfer spent 13 seasons in the NFL with five different teams, including six with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after they drafted him with the sixth-overall pick in 1994. He started in 113 of his 130 games played, compiling an average completion percentage of 55.5% while scoring 113 touchdowns. Dilfer placed third in Comeback Player of the Year voting in 2000, when he won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens alongside two Hall-of-Famers in linebacker Ray Lewis and left tackle Jonathan Ogden.

Trent Dilfer is currently the head coach of the Lipscomb Academy Mustangs in Nashville, Tennessee, a spot he earned in 2019 after Scott Tillman resigned in late 2018 during a 35-32 stretch in six seasons. Then-strength and conditioning coach Bryan Van Vleet took over as the interim before Dilfer took his place. Tillman led the Mustangs to six consecutive playoff appearances.

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Dilfer led Lipscomb Academy to a 7-6 start in his first season as head coach, winning two playoff games before falling to Christ Presbyterian Academy Lions in the third round. Now-Cincinnati Bearcats enrollee Luther Richesson threw two interceptions and completed 55% of his passes for 78 yards against the Lions.

The Mustangs exploded to a 12-0 start, including 5-0 in their district, while reaching the 70-point mark in two of their games this year. Lipscomb Academy earned a record of 43-10 since 2019, according to MaxPreps, while taking 15th in the national high school Xcellent rankings behind No. 6 IMG Academy, No. 2 Mater Dei and No. 1 St. John Bosco.

Trent Dilfer will replace UAB interim head football coach and former offensive coordinator Bryant Vincent after the team went 6-6 under his guidance last season. He took the place of six-year head coach Bill Clark, who announced his retirement in late June after winning the Independence Bowl over BYU.