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[QUOTE="FloridaCuse, post: 5593235, member: 8912"]
From the Hartford Courant:

UConn has named [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Candle']Toledo’s Jason Candle[/URL] its new football coach, replacing Jim Mora.

Candle, 46, and UConn agreed to a six-year contract late Friday, and informed his [URL='https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ut/2025/12/06/toledo-football-coach-jason-candle-finalizing-deal-uconn/stories/20251206086']Toledo players he was leaving in a team meeting[/URL] Saturday morning. The winningest coach in Toledo program history, Candle will get a six-year contract at UConn.

“We are thrilled to welcome Jason Candle as the next head coach of UConn football,” [URL='https://uconnhuskies.com/staff-directory/david-benedict/167']UConn AD David Benedict said,[/URL] in a statement released by the university. “Jason’s track record speaks for itself; he is the winningest coach in Toledo history with 81 victories, two MAC Championships, and a program that has consistently competed at the highest level. He has built a culture of excellence both on and off the field, developing young men who succeed at the next level.”

Candle, a native of Salem, Ohio, has spent his entire coaching career in his home state, at Mount Union and, since 2009, at Toledo. He took over for Matt Campbell in December 2015, winning a bowl game as interim coach, and [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/toledo/index.html']compiled an 81-44 record,[/URL] without ever finishing below .500 in a season. Toledo is bowl eligible for  the eighth time under Candle, who has drawn several highly-rated recruiting classes in a row, the highest rated in MAC history in 2024.
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