UAB will bring its football program back this fall, and it will do so with some new helmets.
In its first life, UAB mostly wore the same helmet design -- a gold lid topped by a black shield with the school’s dragon logo inside. The look was modified over the years but remained largely the same.
That changed when Bill Clark arrived. The Blazers worked in an updated decal (seen above) with an exploded dragon logo that also worked with green-on-white alternates.
And then the program was killed.
But it’s back now, and thanks to ESPN’s Marty Smith we have an idea how the new-look UAB program will dress on the field.
.@UAB_FB has some helmet 🔥 in 2017. https://t.co/ktgnsmpYgo pic.twitter.com/P4PJgKhfWR
— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) August 8, 2017
One more @UAB_FB helmet for the 2017 season. 🔥🐉🐲 https://t.co/9UuYHPSCt8 pic.twitter.com/JShSF2cUnu
— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) August 8, 2017
It’s hard to know which will be the regular helmet and which will be the alternate (my vote goes to the top one) but it’s clear that gold is gone and green and white are in.
UAB re-takes the field for the first time on Sept. 2 against Alabama A&M.