Jim Mora tied for ninth in Associated Press Coach of the Year voting

[huskymedic]

AP Coach of the Year voting (1st place votes, 2nd, 3rd, total points):

1. Sonny Dykes, TCU 37 4 1 – 120
2. Willie Fritz, Tulane 2 12 10 – 40
3. Josh Heupel, Tennessee 1 13 9 – 38
4. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan 5 5 3 – 28
5. Kirby Smart, Georgia 1 4 4 – 15
6. Lincoln Riley, USC 0 4 5 – 13
7. Kalen DeBoer, Washington 0 1 4 – 6
8. Lance Leipold, Kansas 0 2 1 – 5
9. Mike Elko, Duke 0 1 1 – 3
9. Jim Mora, UConn 0 0 3 – 3
10. Jonathan Smith, Oregon St. 0 0 2 – 2
11. Shane Beamer 0 0 1 – 1
11. Chris Klieman, Kansas St. 0 0 1 – 1
11. Bret Bielema, Illinois 0 0 1 – 1

 

[YoungFree]

I'll take it

 

[shizzle787]

I think he should be top 5.

 

[CL82]

I think he should be top 5.

I think if we won at army, he might’ve been.

 

[Austin316]

I think if we won at army, he might’ve been.

I agree. We had such a fun stretch of games tho.

 

[CL82]

I agree. We had such a fun stretch of games tho.

It was really an impressive display of a coach doing “so much with so little.” I mean no offense to the players in that, but given how depleted our roster was, and how down our program has been, this season’s run was very impressive.

 

[Punkbo]

Any positive mention of our football program is a breath of fresh air. Unbelievable season for Coach Mora. His effort and enthusiasm were truly spectacular. Thanks Coach Mora! Enjoy the off-season!

 

[Austin316]

It was really an impressive display of a coach doing “so much with so little.” I mean no offense to the players in that, but given how depleted our roster was, and how down our program has been, this season’s run was very impressive.

We had no place winning that many games. They chose not to fold. That is 100% effort at the top and trickles down. He had to remind everyone that they are talented. Excited for next year!

 

[ScottVib]

The injury woes of UConn weren't widely reported on... UConn was so far off the radar until they became the fun story of former laughingstock who is bowl eligible that scores barely made a blip, let alone details of the game and team. If they were more well known, I think he would've finished higher. Former laughingstock, to bowl eligible and beating the Mountain West champs as well as a ranked (albeit undeservingly Liberty was a team that had barely beaten their FCS opposition) team despite missing their top RB, top 3 WR, top 4 RB and even their only high school all-american (PK)

 

[Palatine]

I won't say he was the best coach in college football. But NOBODY did a better job.

 

[Nostical]

Enjoy the off-season!

There's no off-season for Mora and the coaches. They sense what this team can be next year. The work has already begun. I'm glad he made the Top 10 but there's room to grow. Let's go 9-3 and put Mora in the top three next year.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Leipold deserves to be higher