UConn football enters 2024 season with urgency to regain trust from fanbase after disappointing season

STORRS – Jim Mora, as much as he’d like to, can’t simply wipe away the lingering disappointment from UConn football’s 3-9 season last year.

The Huskies, coming off a bowl appearance in Mora’s first year as head coach, drew an announced attendance of over 35,000 to Rentschler Field for their opener against NC State. That number shrunk significantly as the year went on and the 5-1 home record in 2022 flipped to just 1-5 last fall.

But there was plenty of excitement in Storrs on Tuesday as the team took its official photos and spoke to local media for the first time since spring practice ended.

“There’s a real sense of urgency amongst this team to win back, or at least start to regain some of the trust that we were building a couple years ago amongst our fanbase,” Mora said.

“That’s important to us. There is a lot to live up to when you’re at the University of Connecticut – not only basketball, but other sports as well. I know that I feel a responsibility to it and I think all of our players do as well. We have huge respect for what’s accomplished by the other sports here and don’t want to get left behind.

“I’d be lying to you if I said it didn’t matter to us to try to at least get on the path to obtaining some of the great things that some of our other sports have obtained. It’s all positive right now.”

In order to get back on that path, there were some changes that needed to be made.

UConn enters the 2024 season with a number of new faces both in pads, either as experienced transfers or incoming freshmen, and in headsets. Gordon Sammis is taking on a new role as offensive coordinator after spending the last two years as the offensive line coach. Matt Brock, previously at Mississippi State, was brought in to relieve Mora of his dual defensive coordinator duties.

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Author : Hartford Courant

Publish date : 2024-07-30 22:26:00

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