Riding the momentum from a sterling start to his UCLA coaching career that included two wins out of two over USC and a Pac-12 South title, Jim Mora was pursued by both his alma mater Washington and blue-blood Texas for its vacant coaching jobs, but turned both down in order to sign a significant extension with UCLA.
Now that his Bruin Revolution seems to be in complete tatters and the once-unthinkable prospect of UCLA firing Jim Mora has arisen in earnest, it is now becoming clear upon further reexamination that UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero gave up the farm that December in order to keep Mora on board and as a result, the Bruins will be bound to Mora for the foreseeable future unless Mora wants it to be otherwise.