Trent Dilfer Tells All: Building UAB Football, Tampering in CFB & Super Bowl Career

UAB Football Head Coach Trent Dilfer joins Adam Breneman on today's new episode of Next Up. In this tell-all interview, Trent Dilfer reflects back on his playing days in the NFL, coaching journey to UAB football, experience as an analyst for ESPN, building Elite 11, and more. Coach Dilfer also discusses the challenges UAB faces as a G5 program, transfer portal tampering, and how the Blazers are competing with the biggest brands in college football. Tune in for another great episode of Next Up with Adam Breneman! 

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Next Up is hosted by Adam Breneman and is presented by The Mercury Podcast Network. On Next Up, Adam Breneman sits down with the biggest names in sports and lets them tell their stories, unfiltered. Adam is a former All-American and Penn State alum, media personality, college football analyst for ESPN, and co-founder of Mercury (@TheCollegeSportsCo).

CHAPTERS

00:00-Intro

02:13-Setting Up

02:56-Taking The UAB Job

13:02-Challenges at UAB

19:25-Keeping QB Jacob Zeno

23:46-Schedule as a College Coach

27:03-Solution for College Football & Evaluating Players

35:57-Core Values

38:55-Lessons Learned in the NFL

40:49-Proudest Accomplishment

44:37-Building Elite 11

49:44-TV Career & Working at ESPN

58:04-Overcoming Adversity

1:01:14-Best Piece of Advice