When Jim Mora announced that he would be taking the head coaching job at Colorado State, the news spread confusion across Storrs. He had just signed an extension and is one of the most successful football coaches UConn has had in years. Even Nick Saban chimed in on the Pat McAfee Show , saying, “I don’t know why he would do such a thing.” But while others are confused, Dan Hurley is quite familiar with this situation.

So, when asked about Mora, Hurley didn’t express distrust in his decision. Instead, he praised him and opened up about what he has learned from him.

“Jim Mora-I learned a lot from watching him coach. Coach is as good as it gets in terms of a leader of an organization,” Hurley said. “He changed the culture and the hope that he brought back to the university, the st

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