Jim Mora
Followed Randy Edsall. Jim Mora moved UConn from Regional Program V to Regional Program IV in 4 seasons.
In his own words
He appreciates everything
We have to enjoy this for 24 hours, and then we need to get to the next challenge
That one’s behind us
They run a unique triple-option scheme
We need to just be able to adjust a little bit quicker
Let me tell you what (Vick) did better than the three touchdown catches — his blocking was outstanding down the field
Looking across the field and seeing 17,500 students … seeing them storm the field, you know, and celebrate with their classmates, that’s what college football is all about
It is my experience, that the best thing you can do with any game, so that you avoid ups and downs during a season that you see with teams, is to keep it about us
They’re tough; they’re physical; they’re disciplined; (and) they play smart football
We will let (fans) know when we ultimately decide for sure, which will be sometime right after kickoff
There is no top to the mountain
As a team, in terms of their attitude, they’re understanding what it is going to take for us to be successful
It’s been easy to adjust because I know how (Mora) coaches and holds everybody to a standard
The past nine months, Coach Mora made us be at the facility quite a bit
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Power Program in his 3rd career season — faster than 46% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #194 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
3–2 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against David Shaw.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
18th-best Colorado State tenure of 18 by the numbers.
Followed Jay Norvell (2022–2025).
A portal-built roster.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
A typical class-year mix of incoming transfers.
5th-best UConn tenure of 8 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Randy Edsall (2000–2021).
| Season | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 6–7 | 3–9 | 9–4 | 0–1 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | — | W bowl | L bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | #111 | #123 | #118 | #114 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||
| Pass rate | 34.5 | 49.2 | 43.7 | 52.9 | |
| Coordinators | |||||
| OC | Nick Charlton | Nick Charlton | Gordon Sammis | Gordon Sammis | |
| DC | Lou Spanos | — | Matt Brock | Matt Brock | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | 13 | 14 | 47 | 86 | |
| Defense | 61 | 30 | 81 | 4 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | 21.9 | 41.2 | 40.2 | 52.0 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 30.5 | 38.0 | 38.1 | 42.7 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 32.4 | 25.7 | 14.0 | 32.6 | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
4 NFL Draft picks: Travis Jones (2022), Christian Haynes (2024), Chase Lundt (2025), Skyler Bell (2026)
1 player-season honored (All-America / national award): Skyler Bell (2025)
10th-best UCLA tenure of 20 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Rick Neuheisel (2008–2011) · succeeded by Chip Kelly (2018–2023).
| Season | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||
| Record | 9–5 | 10–3 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 5–6 | |
| Postseason | — | — | W bowl | L bowl | — | L bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | #18 | #12 | #13 | #20 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | 43.9 | 52.6 | 58.9 | 57.4 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||
| OC | — | — | Noel Mazzone | Noel Mazzone | Kennedy Polamalu | Jedd Fisch | |
| DC | — | — | Jeff Ulbrich | Tom Bradley | Tom Bradley | Tom Bradley | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||
| Offense | — | — | 70 | 74 | 25 | 78 | |
| Defense | — | — | 57 | 66 | 88 | 17 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | 40.2 | 48.4 | 54.8 | 58.5 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | 38.4 | 44.4 | 48.4 | 52.5 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | 24.4 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 29.3 | |
30 NFL Draft picks: Datone Jones (2013), Johnathan Franklin (2013), Jeff Locke (2013), Jeff Baca (2013), Anthony Barr (2014), Xavier Su'a-Filo (2014), Cassius Marsh (2014), Shaq Evans (2014) + 22 more