This wasn’t the primetime statement head coach Dan Quinn had in mind. The Washington Commanders once again started slowly before finding their groove. But they were made to pay for too many sloppy errors and a defensive regression during their late meltdown against the Chicago Bears. Quinn was visibly displeased before the game. The strain is starting to show, even …
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Trent Dilfer didn’t last long as a college football head coach. UAB fired the former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Sunday night after just two-plus season in which he amassed a 9-21 record. The Blazers are 2-4 and have lost three straight games by 32, 18 and 20 points. “We have made a decision to part ways with Head Football Coach Trent Dilfer,” …
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Plenty of former NFL players are working as head coaches in college. As of Sunday night, there’s one less. UAB has fired Trent Dilfer, a first-round pick of the Buccaneers in 1994. He quarterbacked the Ravens to a Super Bowl win to cap the 2000 season, and he played for five franchises in 14 NFL seasons. After four seasons as …
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Trent Dilfer went 9-21 as UAB’s head coach, including a 2-4 record this year after a loss to Florida Atlantic on Saturday. Caitie McMekin / News Sentinel / Imagn Images UAB has fired head coach Trent Dilfer midway through his third season at the helm, the school announced on Sunday. The move ends a disappointing tenure that began with his …
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Seven games after being on the verge of playing for the national championship, Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin, capping one of the most stunningly quick collapses in college football history. The move came one day after the Nittany Lions lost their third in a row and second straight as a 20-point favorite. A season that began with …
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Mark SchlabachOct 12, 2025, 06:55 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia UAB fired former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Trent Dilfer as its head coach on Sunday, a day after the Blazers lost their third straight game, 53-33 at Florida Atlantic, to fall to 2-4 this season. Dilfer, …
Read More »STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — James Franklin is out at Penn State. The school fired the longtime head coach on Sunday, less than 24 hours after a 22-21 home loss to Northwestern all but ended whatever remote chance the preseason No. 2 team had of reaching the College Football Playoff. Terry Smith will serve as the interim head coach for …
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