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Has UAB outgrown Conference-USA?
A map of the states that have member universities in the American Athletic Conference. Photo from Wikimedia CommonsAlex Jones- Staff Writer
alex96@uab.edu
The year 2014 was supposed to be one of promise for the Blazers.
A coach named Bill Clark came to Birmingham with an 11-4 record during his career at Jacksonville State University and led the Blazers to a 6-6 record, making the team bowl eligible for the first time since 2004. Then the football, bowling and rifle programs were shut down that December, and questions began to arise about what would happen to the athletics department. Would UAB have to leave Conference-USA? How would this affect student tuition and enrollment? Men’s basketball under then head coach Jerod Haase had just finished 2014 with a record of 4-9, and the aura around campus was somber.
