UAB head coaching job profile: The pros, the cons, the candidates, and more

For the second time in three years, the UAB head coach has left Birmingham for an assistant coaching position at a Power 5 school. Joe Guthrie’s departure to join the staff at Texas A&M leaves the Blazers on the hunt for their fifth head coach in a decade’s time.

UAB is moving up to the American Athletic Conference next July, meaning the 2023 season will be their last in Conference USA. A new coach will be charged with shepherding the program through that transition of leagues.

Here’s an in-depth look at the UAB head coaching position, including what a coaching candidate might see – and who some of those candidates might be.

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