Io Triumphe! Go, Tigers!
Posted on 05/22/2025 2:58:52 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
This week we wish a happy 90th birthday to New Orleans Saints coaching legend Jim Mora, who successfully led the team to its first playoff appearance in 1986 and its first division title five years later.
Born May 24, 1935, in Glendale, California, Mora graduated from Occidental College. His roommate was future Congressman and presidential candidate Jack Kemp. Mora later became head coach at his alma mater, before coaching at other colleges and then joining the professional coaching ranks with the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots.
Mora was hired by legendary Saints General Manager Jim Finks after two years as a highly successful head coach in the now-defunct United States Football League.
The Saints went 7-9 in Mora’s first season with the team but fared much better in his second season, with a 12-3 record and a trip to the playoffs. Although they lost that game to the Minnesota Vikings, Mora went on to become NFL Coach of the Year.
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Playoffs!!!!!!!!!!
Marv Levy turns 100 in August.
I remember him when he was the coach of the Baltimore Stars.
Lol
I remember that well.
He quit after that game.
He led the Philadelphoa Stars to a Championship.
“I remember him when he was the coach of the Baltimore Stars.”
And the Philadelphia Stars before that. Such a fun league.
Io Triumphe! Go, Tigers!
Whew! I thought you were going to say he died. I live right outside New Orleans and a big Saints fan. He was our first winning coach and the first to coach us to the playoffs.
Whew! I thought you were going to say he died. I live right outside New Orleans and a big Saints fan. He was our first winning coach and the first to coach us to the playoffs.
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