FORT COLLINS — Good days are ahead.
That was the message from new Colorado State head football coach Jim Mora as he was introduced to fans and administrators Monday at Canvas Stadium.
Mora was hired Nov. 26 to replace Jay Norvell, who was fired after seven games in October. Tyson Summers coached the remaining five games of the season and Mora’s hiring was announced just two days before the Rams lost their season finale to Air Force, 42-21, on Friday.
The new coach believes he can get the program, which made a bowl game in 2024 but won only two games this season, back on track.
“We’re going to work every single day as hard as we can to be the very best we can be on that day,” Mora said. “And then we’re going to wake up the next day and we’re going to do it again. We’re not going to put any limitations on what we can be.
“Our goals will be set at a very high level, and we’ll work every day to attain those goals because it’s about the work. One of my mottos is actions over words. We’re going to talk a lot, but our actions have to match our words. Otherwise, we’re just spinning our wheels.”
Norvell was let go after the Rams got off to a 2-5 start this season. Athletic director John Weber said the following day the school would embark on an extensive nationwide search for a new coach.
At the end of that search, Weber and his administrative staff believe they have found the right person to turn the program around.
“From the moment we began the search process six weeks ago, coach Mora was on our radar from day one,” Weber said. “I’m proud to be standing in front of you here today at the end of this process that has brough him and his family here to Colorado State and Fort Collins.
“During this process, coach Mora and I had multiple conversations about his aspirations and the aspirations of Colorado State University. Those aspirations centered around both community and championships. We mutually share the focus and the drive and the intent to win conference championships and compete in the college football playoffs.”
Mora comes to CSU From UConn, where he led the Huskies to back-to-back nine-win seasons. In 2024, he guided the team to a 9-4 record concluding with a victory in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl over North Carolina. The Huskies are currently 9-3 and awaiting a second consecutive bowl bid.
New Colorado State head football coach Jim Mora and his wife Kathy pose with a CSU jersey during his introductory press conference Monday at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins. (Nathan Wright/Loveland Reporter-Herald)He also brings NFL coaching experience to CSU both as an assistant and a head coach with the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks. Following a brief break from coaching, he returned to the collegiate ranks with the Huskins in 2022.
Mora said there wasn’t just one thing that convinced him to make Fort Collins his next coaching destination.
“I wouldn’t say it was one particular thing,” Mora said. “It was a combination of everything. It was the alignment that I felt throughout this university. It was support that I realized through our discussions that we would have here as we built this program and the way that we felt was best.
“I like challenges and I like the thought of jumping in headfirst and trying to build something that can be lasting and special.”
Mora has ties to Colorado from living in the state when he was young to one of his sons recently graduating from CU. He said he loves that state, especially the mountains.
This also wasn’t the first time he was interested in the Colorado State job. He said that the first time CSU was on his radar was in 2019 when the Rams went with Norvell to replace Steve Addazio.
“In 2019, I sent a text to somebody here when the job was open expressing my interest,” Mora said. “That’s when it got on my radar initially. I have a relationship with Jay Norvell. Jay coached for my dad. I grew up in the business. I’m always sensitive to the challenges that take place. As football coach, we all understand that change is inevitable and it’s something we have to accept if we’re going to be in this business.
“When the program decided to move on from Jay, I was immediately interested. It renewed that interest that I had in 2019.”
Mora will hit the ground running after making a trip back to Connecticut on Tuesday. He has yet to talk to his team there since taking the CSU job.
Wednesday is the early signing day for college football and Mora said he has already reached out to players who have committed to the program. Then in January, he will begin building next year’s team through the transfer portal.
He also said CSU will be his final coaching destination.
“I don’t only hope it is, I’m confident that it will be,” he said. “As young coaches, we all aspire to ascend. As a head coach, I’ve never gone any place and thought this will be the next step. I’ve always thought this will be the last step.
“So, I’m very confident saying that this will absolutely be my last step. This place offers everything to me and my family that we could ever desire from a professional standpoint. We just can’t wait to get here and plant our roots.”
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