UConn named Toledo coach Jason Candle as its next football coach on Saturday.
The school announced Candle signed a six-year deal. No financial terms were disclosed.
He replaces Jim Mora, who departed last month to become the head coach at Colorado State after resurrecting the Huskies’ program.
Candle, 46, posted an 81-44 record at Toledo since 2015, leading the Rockets to Mid-American Conference titles in 2017 and 2022.
Toledo is 8-4 this season and awaiting its ninth bowl assignment under Candle’s leadership.
Candle visited the Connecticut campus on Thursday.
Mora’s Huskies were 27-23 over four seasons, including a 9-3 mark in 2025 that gives UConn back-to-back nine-win campaigns for the first time in program history.
The Huskies qualified for bowl games three times, including this season, and are looking for their first-ever 10-win season.
Before Mora’s arrival in Storrs, Conn., the Huskies had won 10 games in their previous five seasons combined.
