Mora is coming off back-to-back nine-win seasons at UConn, a school that had not had a nine-win football season since 2007. Mora has led UConn to three bowl seasons in his four years, and the school has only been to one bowl game in the past 11 years.
Mora will come to Colorado State as the school is joining the Pac-12, and new athletic director John Weber is confident Colorado State will be at the top of the Group of 5 schools in terms of finances.
Mora will be Colorado State’s fourth coach since 2019, as they have churned through Mike Bobo, Steve Addazio and Jay Norvell. It fired Norvell last month, midway through his fourth season. The school has played in only one bowl game since 2017.
Mora brings extensive coaching experience to Fort Collins, including six seasons as UCLA’s head coach. He won eight or more games in four of those six years, and his overall record in his 10 seasons as a college head coach is 73–53.
Mora also spent two stints as an NFL head coach in Seattle and Atlanta. He had nearly two decades on NFL staffs as an assistant coach and coordinator before becoming the head coach in Atlanta in 2004.
UConn’s 2025 season (9–3) included a 2–1 mark against ACC schools, including wins over Duke and Boston College. UConn also had the distinction of having no losses in regulation, as all three of its losses came in overtime. Quarterback Joe Fagnano finished the regular season with 28 touchdowns and one interception.
Colorado State opened a new stadium in 2017, which cost more than $200 million. The school has ambitions to be relevant at the highest level of college athletics, as Webber has stated that Colorado State’s goal is to compete for the College Football Playoff.
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