Tracy Dildy enters his first season at UAB and his first season under head coach Mike Davis.

Dildy joins the UAB family from Ole Miss where he made an immediate impact. Dildy's recruiting efforts made national waves during his first season at Ole Miss, as the 16-year coaching veteran helped the Rebels assemble an incoming class for 2005-06 that ranked as high as No. 3 nationally by recruiting publications.

In June of 2005, Dildy was named one of the top 25 recruiters in the nation, as chosen by Rivals.com's basketball recruiting experts.

Before arriving in Oxford, Dildy spent two seasons as an assistant at Auburn and served as assistant head coach for recruiting in 2003-04. In his first year on the Plains in 2002-03, the Tigers, a preseason last-place pick in the SEC, posted a 22-12 mark and lost to eventual NCAA Champion Syracuse 79-78 in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. While there, he coached current NBA player Marquis Danels (Indiana Pacers).

Prior to coming to Auburn in 2002, Dildy spent five years at DePaul. He was an associate coach in his final two seasons (2000-2002) and even led the Blue Demons to their first conference win of 2001 as acting head coach, while Pat Kennedy took a leave of absence due to health reasons. He was responsible for four outstanding recruiting classes for the Blue Demons. The 2001 class was ranked No. 1 in the nation, while the 1999 group was tabbed No. 2.

At DePaul, Dildy recruited and signed Quentin Richardson, who was both the Conference USA Player and Freshman of the Year in 1999, as well as Eddie Curry, who currently plays for the New York Knicks. Bobby Simmons and Lance Williams earned All-C-USA honors along with Freshman All-C-USA selections Steve Hunter and Imari Sawyer.

Richardson, Simmons and Hunter have moved on to NBA careers -- Richardson with the New York Knicks, Simmons with the Milwaukee Bucks and Hunter with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Dildy came to DePaul after three seasons at Ball State where he served as an assistant from 1994-97. The Cardinals reached the 1995 NCAA Tournament, and Dildy recruited the Sacramento Kings' Bonzi Wells, who earned Mid-American Conference Player of the Year honors twice and is the MAC's all-time leading scorer.

Prior to Ball State, Dildy spent three seasons as an assistant at his alma mater, Illinois-Chicago, from 1991-94. He recruited three players who were named the Midwestern Collegiate Conference's Player of the Year in Kenny Williams (1993-94), Sherrell Ford (1994-95) and Mark Miller (1997-98). Dildy was a two-year letterman at UIC, where the point guard ended his career sixth on the school's all-time assist list (260) and ninth in steals (105). He was inducted into the UIC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.

Before earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 1991, Dildy spent his first two years of college enrolled at San Diego State. Besides the UIC Athletic Hall of Fame, he was also inducted into the State of Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Chicago Public League Hall of Fame in 1998.

Dildy is married to the former Tracy Collier of Auburn, Ala. The couple has four children, Devin (21), Aubrey (15), Tracie (13) and Jokodie (11).