UConn football coach Jim Mora is leaving the school to become the next head coach at Colorado State.
Colorado State athletic director John Weber announced Mora's hiring Wednesday. Mora will be introduced as the Rams coach at a news conference Monday.
He will come to Colorado State as the school is joining the Pac-12, and Weber has been bullish about the Rams being at the top end of the Group of 5 schools in terms of finances.
"I am truly humbled to join CSU as we transition to the Pac-12 Conference," Mora said in a statement. "I am excited to meet the team and look forward to connecting with the former players. I can't wait for our family to become part of the Northern Colorado community."
Huskies athletic director David Benedict said in a statement Wednesday that Mora informed him Tuesday night that he had accepted the Rams' job.
"We are grateful for Coach Mora's contributions to UConn over the past four seasons. He took on the challenge of rebuilding our football program and delivered results that exceeded expectations," Benedict said. "... Coach Mora brought energy and a winning culture back to UConn football and put our program back on the national stage."
Mora is coming off back-to-back nine-win seasons at UConn, a school that hadn't had one since 2007. Mora led UConn to three bowl seasons in his four years there; the school had been to only one bowl game in the previous 11 years.
He will be Colorado State's fourth coach since 2019, as it has 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 the head coach at UCLA. He won eight or more games in four of those years and has a 73-53 overall record across his 10 seasons as a college head coach.
He also had two stints as an NFL head coach, in Seattle and Atlanta. Mora had nearly two decades of experience on NFL staffs as an assistant coach and coordinator before becoming a head coach in Atlanta in 2004.
UConn's 2025 season (9-3) included a 2-1 mark against ACC schools, with wins over Duke and Boston College. UConn also had the distinction of not having any losses in regulation, as all three of its defeats came in overtime. Quarterback Joe Fagnano finished the regular season with 28 touchdowns and one interception.
Offensive coordinator Gordon Sammis will serve as UConn's interim coach, Benedict said.
In 2017, Colorado State opened a new stadium, which cost more than $200 million. The school has ambitions to be relevant at the highest levels of college athletics, as Weber has said Colorado State's goals are to compete for the College Football Playoff.