Interim Athletics Director Richard Margison and senior associate athletics directors Brian Mackin and Lee Moon will lead a national search for a new UAB head football coach to replace Watson Brown, who resigned Dec. 9.

UAB President Carol Garrison expressed appreciation for Brown’s hard work and efforts in establishing the university’s program in Division I football, and also expressed confidence those leading the search would find the best candidate.

“Their experience working together in filling openings, specifically the men’s basketball, baseball and volleyball positions, demonstrates that this search will be thorough, discreet and successful in finding the right person for our university,” Garrison said.

Brown, who directed the UAB football program as head coach since 1995, resigned to accept a position in his hometown as head coach for Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn.