Atlas has named Mexican coach Benjamin Mora as the replacement for two time champion Diego Cocca. The move is controversial, as Mora has never coached in Liga MX and his success comes from a spell in the Malaysian League under club Johor Darul Ta’zim. Mora won the league title, but fans have doubt if Mora will translate that success to a extremely superior league like Mexico. Even more daunting will be following in the footsteps of Cocca, the most successful coach in Atlas’ history.
After only winning a single title in 1951, Atlas not only ended their drought under Coach Diego Cocca but won back to back titles, only the third team to do so in Mexico since the shortened Liga MX seasons came to existence in 1996.