Coaches
Alex Mortensen
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Alex Mortensen*
Head coach, UAB · Played at Arkansas 2004-2005, Samford 2006-2007, Arkansas 2008
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | New Mexico Highlands | Position | QB | not known |
| 2013 | St. Louis Rams (pro) | Other | AC | not known |
| 2014-2016 | Alabama | GA | GA | Nick Saban |
| 2017-2019 | Alabama | Analyst | analyst | Nick Saban |
| 2019 | Birmingham Iron (unknown) | Position | WR | not known |
| 2020-2022 | Alabama | Analyst | analyst | Nick Saban |
| 2023-2025 | UAB | OC | OC✓ | Trent Dilfer |
| 2025 | UAB | Head coachinterim | interim HC | Trent Dilfer |
| 2026- | UAB | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UAB | Offensive coordinator | 18 | 50 | 15 | 13 | 133 |
| 2024 | UAB | Offensive coordinator | 78 | 96 | 50 | 18 | 134 |
| 2025 | UAB | Offensive coordinator | 58 | 58 | 58 | 78 | 136 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UAB | 2-4 (6 of 12) | - → - | 58 | 135 | -15.8 | 25% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | UAB | 5-4 | - → - | 119 | 28 | -8.2 | 33% wins | 138 |
Worked under
- Nick Saban · Alabama 2014-2022 (Analyst, GA)
- Trent Dilfer · UAB 2023-2025 (OC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 2
- Steve Russ · UAB 2025 (DC)
- Todd Grantham · UAB 2026 (DC)
Coached together
- Aazaar Abdul-Rahim · Alabama 2014-2015 · him GA, them Analyst, Other
- Billy Napier* · Alabama 2014-2016 · him GA, them Position
- Doug Belk · Alabama 2014-2016 · him GA, them GA
- Kevin Steele · Alabama 2014 · him GA, them Position
- Kirby Smart*+ · Alabama 2014-2015 · him GA, them DC
- Lane Kiffin*+ · Alabama 2014-2016 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Mario Cristobal*+ · Alabama 2014-2016 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Nick Saban · Alabama 2014-2022 · him Analyst, GA, them Head coach
- Tosh Lupoi* · Alabama 2014-2018 · him Analyst, GA, them Analyst, DC, Position
- Charlie Weis Jr. · Alabama 2015-2016 · him GA, them Analyst
- Dan Lanning*+ · Alabama 2015 · him GA, them GA
- Eric Kiesau · Alabama 2015 · him GA, them Analyst
- Mel Tucker · Alabama 2015 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Brent Key* · Alabama 2016-2018 · him Analyst, GA, them Position
- Derrick Ansley · Alabama 2016-2017 · him Analyst, GA, them Position
- Jeremy Pruitt · Alabama 2016-2017 · him Analyst, GA, them DC, Position
- Mike Locksley* · Alabama 2016-2018 · him Analyst, GA, them Analyst, OC, Position
- Steve Sarkisian*+ · Alabama 2016-2020 · him Analyst, GA, them Analyst, OC, Position
- Brian Daboll · Alabama 2017 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Chris Weinke · Alabama 2017-2019 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Mike Miller · Alabama 2017-2018 · him Analyst, them GA
- Rob Ezell · Alabama 2017-2020 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Butch Jones* · Alabama 2018-2020 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Dan Enos · Alabama 2018 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
- Jake Peetz · Alabama 2018 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Jeff Banks · Alabama 2018-2020 · him Analyst, them Position, ST coord.
- Josh Gattis · Alabama 2018 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Lou Spanos · Alabama 2018 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Pete Golding*+ · Alabama 2018-2022 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- A. J. Milwee · Alabama 2019-2020 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Charles Huff* · Alabama 2019-2020 · him Analyst, them Position
- Charles Kelly* · Alabama 2019-2022 · him Analyst, them DC, Other, Position
- Holmon Wiggins · Alabama 2019-2022 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
- Kyle Flood · Alabama 2019-2020 · him Analyst, them Position
- Major Applewhite* · Alabama 2019-2020 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Mike Stoops · Alabama 2019-2020 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Sal Sunseri · Alabama 2019-2022 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
- Tino Sunseri · Alabama 2019-2020 · him Analyst, them GA
- Vinnie Sunseri · Alabama 2019 · him Analyst, them GA
- Charlie Strong · Alabama 2020 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Max Bullough · Alabama 2020-2022 · him Analyst, them GA
- Bill O'Brien* · Alabama 2021-2022 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Dave Huxtable · Alabama 2021-2022 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Doug Marrone · Alabama 2021 · him Analyst, them Position
- Drew Svoboda · Alabama 2021 · him Analyst, them Position, ST coord.
- Kevin Sumlin · Alabama 2021 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Ron Cooper · Alabama 2021 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Coleman Hutzler · Alabama 2022 · him Analyst, them Position, ST coord.
- Derek Dooley · Alabama 2022 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Joe Cox · Alabama 2022 · him Analyst, them Position
- Todd Grantham · Alabama 2022 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Travaris Robinson · Alabama 2022 · him Analyst, them Position
- Sione Ta'ufo'ou · UAB 2023-2024 · him OC, them DC
- Trent Dilfer · UAB 2023-2025 · him Head coach, OC, them Head coach
- Steve Russ · UAB 2025 · him Head coach, OC, them DC
- Todd Grantham · UAB 2026 · him Head coach, them DC
Played together
- Dowell Loggains* · Arkansas 2004
- Rhett Lashlee* · Arkansas 2004
- Kane Wommack · Arkansas 2005
- Nick Petrino · Arkansas 2008