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Jim Mora spearheaded the first golden age of Saints football

Happy belated birthday to former New Orleans Saints head coach Jim Mora, who celebrated his 90th birthday over the weekend.

Mora got into coaching in 1961, first as an assistant then as head coach at Occidental (CA) College until 1966. From there, he'd be a linebackers coach at Stanford for one year before moving on to the same role at Colorado from 1968 to 1973. He'd then be the linebacker coach at UCLA for one year before being hired as defensive coordinator at Washington from 1975 to 1977.

In 1978, Mora got his first NFL job.