Nick Saban’s coaching tree grew another branch over the weekend, as Alex Mortensen was promoted to UAB’s interim coach following Trent Dilfer’s dismissal from the team on Sunday.

Mortensen has spent the past three seasons as the Blazers’ offensive coordinator. Before that, he spent nine years under Nick Saban at Alabama. A day into his new role, Mortensen said he hasn’t reached out to his former boss for advice just yet. However, that will likely change in the coming days.

“When I worked with Coach Saban, I kind of used the same approach I use now that you want to save your bullets for when you really need them,” Mortensen said Monday during his introductory press conference. “I certainly plan on calling him, but he was a guy, even when I worked for him, I didn’t want to be knocking

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