The Birmingham Stallions will play for their third consecutive spring football championship when they take on the San Antonio Brahmas in the United Football League Championship on Sunday at 4 p.m. CT in St. Louis.
After winning back-to-back USFL titles in 2022 and 2023, the Stallions (10-1) won the USFL conference in the first season of the UFL. With a win on Sunday, the Stallions will be firmly established as a modern spring football dynasty.
Standing in the way of that dynasty is the XFL champion Brahmas (8-3), the only team to defeat Birmingham during the regular season. The Brahmas’ stifling defense led the UFL with 32 sacks and dominated the St. Louis Battlehawks offense in the XFL championship game.
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Here are five things to know about the Stallions and Brahmas ahead of the inaugural UFL Championship:
Who are the head coaches in the UFL Championship?
Skip Holtz has been the head coach of the Stallions since 2022. In the USFL, Holtz’s Stallions went 17-3 over two seasons and won both USFL championships in 2022 and 2023. Holtz is an experienced college football coach. He has been the head coach at Connecticut (1994-98), East Carolina (2005-09), South Florida (2010-12) and Louisiana Tech (2013-21). Holtz also spent time as an assistant coach at Notre Dame and South Carolina.
Wade Phillips is in his first season coaching the Brahmas but has been a professional coach at some level since 1976. Phillips is an NFL coaching veteran, serving as the head coach of the Denver Broncos (1993-94), Buffalo Bills (1998-2000), and Dallas Cowboys (2007-10) as well as the interim head coach for the Atlanta Falcons (2003) and Houston Texans (2013)….
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Author : The Tuscaloosa News
Publish date : 2024-06-16 09:09:20
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