Latest Jim L. Mora News

Jayden Daniels accomplishes a feat last done by Slinging Sammy Baugh in 1937

Jan. 15, 2025 15:24 PM EST

Jayden Daniels, meet Slinging Sammy Baugh. The Commanders' dynamic rookie quarterback accomplished a feat in his playoff debut that no quarterback in the NFL had done since Baugh during the franchise's first season in Washington back in 1937. Daniels threw two...

Jets interview interim coach Jeff Ulbrich for their head coach vacancy

Jan. 13, 2025 17:06 PM EST

The New York Jets interviewed interim coach Jeff Ulbrich on Monday for their head coach vacancy. Ulbrich, the team's defensive coordinator the past four seasons, went 3-9 after replacing the fired Robert Saleh on Oct. 8. The 47-year-old Ulbrich is the ninth known...

UConn signs coach Jim Mora to contract extension through 2028

Dec. 28, 2024 17:16 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — UConn coach Jim Mora agreed to a two-year contract extension through 2028, the school announced Saturday right before kickoff of the Huskies’ Fenway Bowl game against North Carolina. Mora will earn $10.01 million plus incentives over the next four years, the school...

UConn beats Carolina in Fenway Bowl, dominating Bill Belichick's next team in his old backyard

Dec. 28, 2024 15:46 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — UConn's victory in the Fenway Bowl showed North Carolina coach-in-waiting Bill Belichick how much work he has ahead of him. Joe Fagnano threw for 151 yards and two touchdowns to help the Huskies beat the Tar Heels 27-14 at Fenway Park on Saturday, embarrassing...

Kitchens will lead Tar Heels in Fenway Bowl against UConn. Another ex-Browns coach is standing by

Dec. 27, 2024 18:04 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — UConn coach Jim Mora pulled a move that would make Bill Belichick proud while preparing the Huskies to play the notoriously churlish former New England Patriot's next team in his old backyard. Mora and his players were more than 45 minutes late for what was scheduled...

Lopsided loss sinks the reeling Saints further into evaluation mode

Dec. 24, 2024 16:18 PM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lopsided, shutout loss has left the beat-up New Orleans Saints limping into the final two games of a lost season — and into a rather cloudy future beyond that. Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi figured that a visit to playoff-bound Green Bay would be a tall...