Jim Mora to become next UCLA head football coach | Community sports news

Jim Mora Jr., a Bellevue resident and former head coach of the Seahawks, has reportedly reached an agreement to become the next head football coach at UCLA.

USA Today is reporting that UCLA has reached an agreement with former Seattle Seahawks head coach and Bellevue resident Jim Mora Jr. to become the Bruins next head football coach.

“I am proud to announce today that Jim Mora has accepted the position of head football coach at UCLA,” athletic director Dan Guerrero said in a statement. “He has been a head coach at the game’s highest level and has clearly demonstrated to me that he is hungry and eager to return to the sidelines.”

Mora has spent the past two years as a football analyst for NFL Network and a broadcaster for FOX, twice this season calling games for the same Seahawks team he formerly coached.

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He has also been active in the local community, coaching a Junior Wolverines football team to a championship. Mora has two children that attend Bellevue High School.

Jim Mora during his time as Seahawks head coach. AP Photo.