STORRS, Conn. — Jim Mora and his wife Kathy got up the hill, to the UConn football fields long before the first practice was to start Friday. They took a jog around the twin gridirons, mowed and manicured to the new coach’s specifications.
“I wanted to get up here early, before anyone else, because I did want to have some time,” Mora said. “I just got married and we came up and jogged around and talked, and it’s her first time being in this environment. And it is special for me. It is emotional for me and have a chance to do this again.”
Allow Mora his moment. He’s at the dawn of a brand new start, 3,000 miles from where he has lived and worked most of his life. Though he could pass for 40, he is 60 and has learned how precious and how elusive a second chance can be.
