UAB head coach and Super Bowl champion Trent Dilfer goes ballistic on assistants over costly penalty amid collapse in 35-23 loss to Tulane

During UAB Football’s 35-23 loss to Tulane, Blazers head coach Trent Dilfer was seen going absolutely ballistic with his assistant coaches over a costly penalty.

On the play that launched Dilfer in his tirade, UAB was assessed a five-yard penalty for having too many men on the field after forcing a three-and-out to set up a punt on fourth-and-2.

The penalty gave Tulane a first down allowing the Green Wave to eat up another five minutes of clock in the fourth quarter before missing a 45-yard field goal.

UAB went into halftime with a 20-7 lead and trailed 28-20 in the game at the time of the penalty, which likely contributed to Dilfer’s frustration with the penalty being called.

Dilfer was not asked about the outburst during his post-game press conference and a UAB spokesperson told DailyMail.com that the school will not be issuing a statement on the matter.

Dilfer began berating his assistants after the team was penalized for having too many men on the field

Special teams coordinator and secondary coach Kenneth Gilstrap appeared to be the primary focus of Dilfer’s tirade, while defensive line coach Miguel Patrick and another assistant also took some of the head coach’s ire.

Former ESPN analyst Bomani Jones commented on Dilfer’s nuclear explosion on X, where he strongly condemned the 51-year-old coach’s actions.

“Brian Kelly is a Hall of Fame level coach and he was told this type of behavior would not be acceptable. This man can’t fucking act like this,” Jones posted.

Unlike Kelly, who has built a reputation as one of the most respected coaches in college football, Dilfer is in his first season as UAB head coach.

The first-year head coach replaced Bill Clark as head coach. Clark was named UAB head coach in 2014, returning to the role after the program returned from its shutdown due to budget cuts from 2014-2017.

Before becoming UAB head coach, Dilfer spent more than a decade in the NFL and years on TV

However, Dilfer, as many fans may recall, spent more than a decade as an NFL quarterback before spending time as one of ESPN’s top NFL analysts from 2008 to 2017.

The highlight of Dilfer’s career came when he led the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl trophy in 2000 after initially signing on as the team’s backup QB before being inserted into the lineup midway through the season.

Despite winning the Lombardi Trophy, Dilfer became the first quarterback to start in a Super Bowl victory and not return to the team the next time in NFL history.

He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers during his career.