UConn has hired former UCLA and NFL coach Jim Mora to be its next football coach, athletic director David Benedict announced Thursday.
Mora and UConn have agreed to a five-year contract in which he will make $1.5 million in the first season and could earn another $200,000 in annual performance incentives. He will begin his head-coaching duties Nov. 28 and will serve as an assistant coach for the rest of the 2021 season, which will allow him to recruit.
"This program is loaded with potential, and I look forward to getting to know the student-athletes on the team and am eager to get to work!