Trent Dilfer

Trent Dilfer
Dilfer with the 49ers in November 2007
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUAB
ConferenceThe American
Record4–8
Annual salary$1.3 million[1]
Biographical details
Born (1972-03-13) March 13, 1972 (age 52)
Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Alma materCalifornia State University, Fresno
Playing career
1990–1993Fresno State
1994–1999Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2000Baltimore Ravens
2001–2004Seattle Seahawks
2005Cleveland Browns
2006–2007San Francisco 49ers
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2019–2022Lipscomb Academy (TN)
2023–presentUAB
Head coaching record
Overall4–8 (college)
44–10 (high school)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
As a player
NFL record
  • Longest passing completion in playoffs: 96
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Trent Farris Dilfer (born March 13, 1972) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the head football coach for the UAB Blazers. Dilfer previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He achieved his greatest professional success as the starting quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens during their Super Bowl-winning season in 2000.

Dilfer played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs, winning the Sammy Baugh Trophy as a junior, and was selected sixth overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1994 NFL Draft. He spent his first six seasons with Tampa Bay, earning Pro Bowl honors in 1997, but was released due to inconsistent play. Dilfer signed with the Ravens in 2000 as a backup before becoming the team's starter midway through the year, which concluded with the franchise's first Super Bowl victory in Super Bowl XXXV. Despite the championship, Dilfer was not re-signed by the Ravens, becoming the first starting quarterback to be released after a Super Bowl win. His next four seasons were spent primarily as a backup with the Seattle Seahawks and he had short stints with the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco 49ers before retiring in 2008.

Shortly after announcing his retirement, Dilfer was hired by ESPN as an NFL analyst, a position he held until 2017.[2] He is also the head coach of the quarterback camp Elite 11.[3] Dilfer became the head football coach at UAB in 2023.[4]

  1. ^ "UAB Head Coach Trent Dilfer's Career Record And Contract". herosports.com. June 21, 2023.
  2. ^ Drape, Joe; Barnes, Brooks (April 26, 2017). "A Struggling ESPN Lays Off Many On-Air Personalities". The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  3. ^ NFL Network (September 13, 2017), The Top High School Quarterbacks Compete for a Spot on the Elite 11 | NFL Network, retrieved January 11, 2018
  4. ^ Scarborough, Alex (November 30, 2022). "New UAB coach Trent Dilfer: CFP a 'giant mountain,' but one we should talk about". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 1, 2022.