After winning the Conference USA championship and ending the season with a bowl victory, the UAB Blazers are now going to be honored with a celebratory parade.
A parade to honor the Blazers will be held on January 18, as announced on Twitter on Saturday morning.
That’s right Birmingham, it’s happening! WE’RE HAVING A PARADE!
— UAB Football (@UAB_FB) January 5, 2019
Thank you to Mayor @randallwoodfin and the @cityofbhamal for throwing us this wonderful celebration. We will see everyone on campus, Jan. 18 at 4 p.m. #WinAsOne pic.twitter.com/AWDXK22cd5
UAB head coach Bill Clark was named the recipient of the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award for guiding UAB to the first conference championship in program history. To do so so in just the second year back from the shutting down of the program deserves recognition, but the entire success of the program from coaches to players this season is absolutely a reason to feel immense pride within the Birmingham community. As such, a parade to pay tribute to the Blazers feels appropriate in this circumstance.