Tag: Alex Mortensen

5 potential candidates to replace Ryan Grubb as Alabama’s next offensive coordinator

Alabama is in search of a new offensive coordinator after the news broke that Ryan Grubb was accepting the offensive coordinator position with the Seattle Seahawks. Roll Tide Wire takes a look at five potential candidates to replace Grubb.

It did not take long for Alabama’s offensive coordinator search to resurface. On Friday night, Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb accepted the offensive coordinator opening with the Seattle Seahawks.

With that being the case, Alabama is forced to find a new offensive play-caller. It will be the first time since 2019 that Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer has an offensive coordinator not named Ryan Grubb.

Needless to say, it will be interesting to see which direction DeBoer decides to go. Will he stick with familiarity and promote from within? Will he look elsewhere?

Roll Tide Wire lists five potential candidates to replace Ryan Grubb as Alabama’s next offensive coordinator.

Former Alabama analyst Alex Mortensen hired as UAB’s new offensive coordinator

Alabama analyst Alex Mortensen was recently hired by UAB head coach Trent Dilfer to be the team’s new offensive coordinator.

Alabama football analyst Alex Mortensen was recently hired to become UAB’s new offensive coordinator.

The news comes days after the Blazers announced that they were hiring NFL quarterback guru Trent Dilfer as their next head coach.

Mortensen had two different stints at Alabama. The son of NFL insider Chris Mortensen originally joined the staff as a graduate assistant in 2014. He would remain with the team until 2018 when he was hired to be the wide receivers coach for the Birmingham Iron of the American Alliance Football League.

After the league ended after just one season, Mortensen returned to Alabama to be an analyst. He spent the next four years as an analyst on Nick Saban’s staff.

Now, the former Arkansas quarterback will be able to call his own plays as UAB’s offensive coordinator. It will be interesting to see how he fairs in a larger role at a new program.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Mortensen’s coaching career as well as other former Nick Saban assitants that coached at Alabama.

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