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Colorado State is expected to make UConn coach Jim Mora the school’s next head coach.

Hoophound said:
On the positive side, finding and hiring a new coach is fun. We will have lots to talk about over the holidays. The school needs to be very deliberate in getting a coach that is an upgrade, whatever that takes. We are so close to having an undeniable breakthrough in which we are good in all revenue sports and the next level sports (soccer etc) . We can’t slide back now. It is beyond important to make a great hire.
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If Penn State doesn't offer interim coach Terry Smith their permanent job, I'd call him. Great recruiter and motivator.
 
I also wonder to what extent revenue share/NIL split may play into this. CSU will give football the cast preponderance if they’re going to hit the caps that may be more than UConn is offering to build the team (given the split for basketball)… I’m sure that will be a discussion point for candidates
 
uconnyankee said:
Hey Nick Saban, got a few minutes to talk? Want to get back into coaching?
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Got $10 to $14 million a year?

What I would like to know did we offer Mora say $5 million a year plus increase budget for coaches and recruiting and promised to set aside $10 million a year in revenue share to the football players? Or was it. “Sorry to see you go but we know how it is…,”
 
Thanks for showing that UConn can win at football again. I'm surprised he would leave for CSU, but he is 65 next season and he is a west coast guy and I don't think the P4 were going to hire him.

If you look at the salaries of the future Pac 12, Mora was paid more at UConn than the highest paid coach, so I don't think leaving would be due to money. Jay Norvell, CSU's fired coach, was paid $1.9 million this year.
 
huskyjawz said:
www.theuconnblog.com

UConn football head coaching candidates

Nobody knows who will be hired, or even who’s on the candidate list, but here are some ideas.
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My non-expert CFB take:

Sounds good:
Tony Reno - head coach at Yale
Joe Moorhead - head coach at Akron
Frank Reich - interim head coach at Stanford
Ryan Carty - head coach at Delaware

Maybe ok:
Jeff Monken - head coach at Army
K.C. Keeler - head coach at Temple
Ricky Rahne - head coach at Old Dominion

OMG NFW ever (smoke, fire, bad person, luggage)
Brian Kelly - unemployed, former LSU, Notre Dame, Cincinnati
Jon Gruden - Barstool Sports, former NFL head coach
Bobby Petrino - Arkansas interim HC
Chip Kelly - unemployed, former UCLA

ps on edit - there are probably folks in the 1st and 2nd groups that are mis-grouped, thus my "non-expert take"
 
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Ah hapless independent orphan UConn. The 1 - 3 win wasteland awaits. 4 year rebuilds is not a long enough cycle given the nature of CR. Guess we have to hope that the boom-bust cycle is on the upswing when the ACC finally implodes (2030?). How will this impact NIL donations? I think Mora engendered a lot of good will in that realm. gonna be hard to replace.
 
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BRS24 said:
My non-expert CFB take:

Sounds good:
Tony Reno - head coach at Yale
Joe Moorhead - head coach at Akron
Frank Reich - interim head coach at Stanford
Ryan Carty - head coach at Delaware

Maybe ok:
Jeff Monken - head coach at Army
K.C. Keeler - head coach at Temple
Ricky Rahne - head coach at Old Dominion

OMG NFW ever (smoke, fire, bad person, luggage)
Brian Kelly - unemployed, former LSU, Notre Dame, Cincinnati
Jon Gruden - Barstool Sports, former NFL head coach
Bobby Petrino - Arkansas interim HC
Chip Kelly - unemployed, former UCLA
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So, you don’t like winning?
 
This is crazy enough to be true. CSU? Clearly a lateral, at best. Hopefully Mora pulls a Hurley. If Mora leaves, Dave needs to strike gold again. Reno, Sammis, Moorehead, Reich, Kelly and Monken would be my top candidates at this point in time.
 
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Hoophound said:
So, you don’t like winning?
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I don't like retread coaches who bring a lot of baggage to programs, who are people, and won't add any value. That being said, whoever is hired has to 100% understand what UConn is, and not try to make it into something it's not.
 
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BRS24 said:
My non-expert CFB take:

Sounds good:
Tony Reno - head coach at Yale
Joe Moorhead - head coach at Akron
Frank Reich - interim head coach at Stanford
Ryan Carty - head coach at Delaware

Maybe ok:
Jeff Monken - head coach at Army
K.C. Keeler - head coach at Temple
Ricky Rahne - head coach at Old Dominion

OMG NFW ever (smoke, fire, bad person, luggage)
Brian Kelly - unemployed, former LSU, Notre Dame, Cincinnati
Jon Gruden - Barstool Sports, former NFL head coach
Bobby Petrino - Arkansas interim HC
Chip Kelly - unemployed, former UCLA
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I'm almost in complete agreement. Reno is really the only one I want, especially since Dante Reno likely comes with him and that dude is good.

I would bump Moorhead down to the 3rd tier (he sucked at Akron) and bump Keeler and Monken to tier 1. But I don't think we realistically have a shot at either.

So it's basically Reno, Reich or Carty from that list for me. Honestly I don't think we will be fortunate enough to get another NFL guy like Reich, so it's either Reno or Carty. Of the two Reno is the one I would really want, and wouldn't be confident heading into next season with Carty.
 
mikeinmanila said:
This is crazy enough to be true. CSU? Clearly a lateral, at best. Hopefully Mora pulls a Hurley. If Mora leaves, Dave needs to strike gold again. Fingers crossed.
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Unless he's leaving too and doesn't care....
 
Purple Stein said:
He’s losing Fagnano and Bell. We probably aren’t getting nine wins next year and he’s not getting younger. It’s a seize the moment move for Mora.
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Exactly my thought. Having those two was an anomaly. Add in the probable lack of a conference invite. And the truth that we are a stepping stone level program (even though CSU isn’t a real step up?). Would have been pretty hard to maintain the success of the last two years longer term.
 
ScottVib said:
I also wonder to what extent revenue share/NIL split may play into this. CSU will give football the cast preponderance if they’re going to hit the caps that may be more than UConn is offering to build the team (given the split for basketball)… I’m sure that will be a discussion point for candidates
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Colorado State's athletic budget in 2024 was $73 million vs UConn at $106 million.
 
HuskyHawk said:
This blows. Honestly, he deserves better than Colorado State. It's disappointing to lose a head coach to a program and situation that is arguably worse than ours.
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Is it? Have new facilities and new stadium built in 2017. In a conference so a path to CFP. There is support for the football team averaging 33k fans a game. Football would be the number 1 sport compared to number 3 at UConn.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
This blows. Honestly, he deserves better than Colorado State. It's disappointing to lose a head coach to a program and situation that is arguably worse than ours.
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Ignoring the personal aspect that Mora has been very open about wanting in a move, their situation is significantly better than UConn. He's walking into a situation where they'll be one of the favorites for the G6 playoff spot every year, versus a job at UConn where the playoffs are never a realistic possibility
 
UConnJim said:
Colorado State's athletic budget in 2024 was $73 million vs UConn at $106 million.
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And they've always been considered Colorado's little brother. I know Deion hasn't quit yet, but I could see JM at Colorado WAY more than at Colorado State. A real head-scratcher. AD Benedict better not let that ink dry.
 
navery12 said:
Ignoring the personal aspect that Mora has been very open about wanting in a move, their situation is significantly better than UConn. He's walking into a situation where they'll be one of the favorites for the G6 playoff spot every year, versus a job at UConn where the playoffs are never a realistic possibility
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If we'd won a couple OT games, I'd love to have been able to test that theory.
 
I'm interested (confused?) by the number of posts that are against a retread head coach for the next hire. I'm a guy that's enthralled by the exciting young hire as much as anyone, and am not against it here. But seeing the success we just had with a retread hire I'm surprised the majority of people seem so against it
 
BRS24 said:
That being said, whoever is hired has to 100% understand what UConn is, and not try to make it into something it's not.
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I believe it will be far more important to find someone with enough vision to understand what UConn football can be.

We need our football program to either find a Jim Calhoun; someone who comes in believing it's doable, or a Geno; someone who comes in believing it will get him to a destination school, only to build the program into the best destination possible.

We don't necessarily need to do this with our next hire, but the only acceptable alternative I can see would be another veteran coach who can keep stability while continuing steady improvement for the handful of years he has remaining.
 
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