Jim L. Mora

Who is Jim L. Mora?

James Lawrence "Jim" Mora is an American football coach, currently the head coach at UCLA of the Pac-12 Conference. Mora was the head coach of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons from 2004 to 2006 and Seattle Seahawks in 2009. Prior to the 2008 season, the Seahawks signed Mora to a five-year contract and announced him as the successor to Mike Holmgren in 2009. After a 5–11 record in his only season as the Seahawks head coach, Mora was fired on January 8, 2010. After a two-year hiatus from coaching as an analyst for the NFL Network and broadcaster for Fox Sports, Mora became the UCLA Bruins' head coach on December 10, 2011, replacing the recently fired Rick Neuheisel.

Mora played college football at the University of Washington from 1980 to 1983, and began his coaching career there as a graduate assistant in 1984. He is the son of retired NFL head coach, Jim E. Mora.