FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Jim Mora built UConn into a winning program. Now he will try to do the same at Colorado State.

Colorado State announced Wednesday that it had hired Mora, who has led UConn to nine wins each of the last two seasons. Now the former Seattle Seahawks and UCLA coach is heading west again to help Colorado State adjust to its move to the Pac-12 next year.

“I am truly humbled to join CSU as we transition to the Pac-12 Conference," Mora said in a statement released by the university. "I am excited to meet the team and look forward to connecting with the former players. I can’t wait for our family to become part of the northern Colorado community.”

Colorado State has scheduled an introductory news conference for Monday.

“Our goal from the very start was to execute a compreh

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