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Message: [QUOTE="UCMB88, post: 5359464, member: 4081"] Sports Illustrated issued grades to all of the coaches hired in the 2021-22 coaching cycle. Here's what they had to say about our own HCJM: [URL="https://www.si.com/college-football/regrading-the-2021-22-college-football-coaching-cycle"]Regrading the 2021–22 College Football Coaching Cycle: Two Unanimous Failures[/URL] [B]Jim Mora, UConn[/B] Initial reaction: A bit of a surprise hire given Mora’s résumé as a former NFL/Power 4 head coach with West Coast roots. Tenure: As an FBS independent in an area without much talent, this is a difficult gig that Mora has managed to exceed even modest expectations with. The overall mark of 23–23 isn’t anything to write home about, but he won nine games in 2024 and has UConn primed for a third bowl game in four seasons. Pat Forde’s regrade: A- Mora has taken one of the weirdest jobs in FBS and made it work, going 23–23 at the only independent program other than Notre Dame. He’s solidified a program that many thought would fade into irrelevance without a conference tie-in. Bryan Fischer’s regrade: A I was extremely skeptical about Mora working out in Storrs, Conn., given the job itself and how things went his final years at UCLA. But he’s made the most of things and should be in position to capitalize with a better job soon enough. [/QUOTE]