UConn has announced that Lou Spanos will be defensive coordinator under Jim Mora, retaining the position he was hired for when he joined UConn football in 2019 under Randy Edsall. Spanos also previously held the DC role under Mora at UCLA from 2012-2013.
After Edsall retired two games into the 2021 season, Spanos took over as interim head coach, posting a 1-9 record with a win over Yale. Before UConn, he spent one year as an analyst at Alabama and three years as linebackers coach for the Tennessee Titans, after his time at UCLA.
Like his head coach, the bulk of Spanos’ career has been at the NFL level.