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UAB head coach Trent Dilfer’s weird, angry sideline rant blows up on social media

UAB head coach and former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer seems like a really angry guy, and Twitter had a lot to say about his latest sideline tantrum.

It’s not like we haven’t been here before with UAB head coach, Elite 11 purveyor, and former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer. When Dilfer was the head coach at Lipscomb University, a private, Christian liberal arts institution in Nashville in 2021, he was caught on video screaming at, and shoving, tight end Beau Dawson on the sideline… in a 62-7 win.

After the fact, Dilfer released this statement about an act that could have been considered a Class A misdemeanor in the state of Tennessee.

I want to address the incident on our sideline during Friday night’s game vs. Independence that has drawn a lot of attention. First and foremost, I take full responsibility as the head coach and leader of our team for not de-escalating an emotional situation with one of our players, Beau Dawson. Beau is one of our finest student-athletes and embodies all the characteristics we are looking for in our Mustang players. Beau plays the game with the right kind of passion and is an inspiration to our other players.

During a moment of frustration in an attempt to get our team to play with more discipline, I unfairly singled Beau out. Somehow Beau Dawson has been portrayed publicly as the culprit in this situation, when in reality I should have been a better leader and shown greater wisdom and discernment in how I handled this incident. Overall, I could not be more proud of Beau and the rest of our team for how they handle the emotional nature of each game they compete in.

So, now, Dilfer is the head coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and it does not appear that the anger management classes are working very well. This happened after a defensive penalty, and Dilfer started going OFF on his coaches to a bizarre degree.

I mean, what. At least Dilfer didn’t put his hands on anybody this time.

As one might expect, there was a lot to say on social media about it.