What to know about new Colorado State football coach Jim Mora
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The Colorado State football coach has a long biography filled with coaching stops around the country.
Jim Mora Jr. has coached up and down the West Coast, in the South and is coming to the Rams from the east at UConn.
Mora has been in the NFL and college football and even spent time as a kid growing up in Colorado.
He has a famous family in coaching, too. His dad (also Jim Mora) coached for decades, including 1998-2001 as the Indianapolis Colts coach (where former CSU coach Jay Norvell was on his staff).
His time with Colts included the famous playoff rant: "Playoffs? Don't talk about—playoffs?! You kidding me? Playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game! Another game!"
If CSU is talking playoffs with Mora Jr., the hire will be a booming success.
Here's a look at the resume for Jim Mora Jr.
Jim Mora Jr. at UConn
UConn had nine total wins in the five seasons (9-50) before Mora Jr. took over. He had the Huskies bowl eligible his first season and UConn made a bowl in three of his four seasons.
Mora went 27-23 at UConn and the Huskies are 9-3 this season.
UConn's offense is 15th in the nation in scoring at 36.9 points per game, 18th in yards per game (459.5) and eighth in passing yards per game (300.5).
Jim Mora Jr. at UCLA
CSU is joining the rebuild of the Pac-12 ahead of the 2026 season. It may not be the same iteration, but Mora Jr. is quite familiar with the Pac-12.
He coached in the league at UCLA from 2012-17, going 46-30 overall with the Bruins. His teams were ranked in the top 25 at one point in every season. He went 28-25 in Pac-12 games.
After going 29–11 through the first three seasons, he was 17–19 in the last three seasons at UCLA.
Jim Mora Jr. in the NFL
Mora Jr.'s first coaching spot was as a graduate assistant at the University of Washington, where he played from 1980-83.
He then transitioned to the NFL ranks.
Here is a look at his NFL coaching history:
- 1985: San Diego Chargers (defensive quality control coach)
- 1986-88: San Diego Chargers (assistant defensive backs coach)
- 1989-91: San Diego Chargers (defensive backs coach)
- 1992-96: New Orleans Saints (defensive backs coach)
- 1997-98: San Francisco 49ers (defensive backs coach)
- 1999-2003: San Francisco 49ers (defensive coordinator)
- 2004-2006: Atlanta Falcons (head coach)
- 2007-08: Seattle Seahawks (associate head coach, defensive backs)
- 2009: Seattle Seahawks (head coach)
Mora Jr. went 26-22 in three seasons as the Falcons head coach. After going 5–11 in his only season as Seahawks head coach, Mora Jr. was fired.
Jim Mora Jr. coaching record
Here is a look at Mora Jr.'s college coaching record.
- 2012: UCLA, 9-5 (lost Holiday Bowl to Baylor)
- 2013: UCLA, 10-3 (won Sun Bowl over Virginia Tech)
- 2014: UCLA, 10-3 (won Alamo Bowl over Kansas State)
- 2015: UCLA, 8-5 (lost Foster Farms Bowl to Nebraska)
- 2016: UCLA, 4-8
- 2017: UCLA, 5-6
- 2022: UConn, 6-7 (lost Myrtle Beach Bowl to Marshall)
- 2023: UConn, 3-9
- 2024: UConn, 9-4 (won Fenway Bowl over North Carolina)
- 2025: UConn, 9-3
- Overall record: 73-53 (.579)
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This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Jim Mora Jr. bio, record as football coach
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