BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- UAB head football coach Neil Callaway will not return for his sixth season as the program's head coach.

While the school announced Callaway resigned tonight, a UAB official said this afternoon that Callaway was fired in a meeting this morning with Athletics Director Brian Mackin.

In Mackin's announcement, he said the two parties "mutually agreed' to part ways.

"I met with Coach Callaway earlier today and we mutually agreed that his tenure as our football coach will not be extended," said Mackin. "I want to thank Neil for his service during his five years as head coach of our football program. There have been many positives attained in his time as head coach, especially the improvement in our APR scores and overall academic success the past several.

"However, we have not experienced the level of success on the field that we all desire and expect for this program."

Callaway said on Sunday that he didn't want to answer questions but he did give a brief statement.

Here's what he said: "I appreciate the opportunity that UAB has given me to be a head coach. It's something that I've wanted to do and they've gave me that opportunity and I do appreciate it. I thank all the support people, (trainer) Mike Jones and (equipment manager) Bryan Coutras and (strength coach) Steve Martin, all of them did an outstanding job. I really want to thank the coaching staff and the players. We're disappointed in the win-loss record but, at the same time, the circumstances we had to work under, I think we did an outstanding job."

Callaway was 18-42 in his five seasons as the head coach. His tenure ended with a 38-35 loss to Florida Atlantic on Saturday. FAU went into the weekend with an 0-10 record. The week before, the Blazers upset then-No. 21 Southern Mississippi at home for one of the program's biggest victories.

The school is expected to hold a press conference Monday to address the coaching change.