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Quote:Connecticut announced Thursday that Jim L. Mora, the former coach of UCLA, the Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons, will take over the Huskies football program following the end of the regular season. Mora has agreed to a five-year contract, which will pay him $1.5 million in his first year plus the possibility to earn an additional $200,000 through incentives. He will serve as an assistant coach through the rest of the 2021 season and take over as head coach on November 28.

UConn parted ways with Randy Edsall in September after an 0-2 start.

"I am excited to have the opportunity to become the head football coach at the University of Connecticut," said Mora in a statement. "UConn possesses a nationally-recognized academic and athletics brand and I am thrilled to become a member of the community that makes up UConn Nation. 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!"

A veteran coach at multiple levels, Mora last coached in college with the Bruins from 2012-17. He went 46-30 in Los Angeles with two 10-win seasons, four bowl appearances and posted a Pac-12 South title. He previously went 5-11 with the Seahawks in 2011 and was fired in January 2012 before the organization hired Pete Carroll.