CIgnetti Inks Eight-year contract until 2032

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University and IU Head Football Coach Curt Cigetti have agreed to terms on a new eight-year contract with average annual compensation of $8 million, as well as an additional $1 million annual retention bonus. Cignetti’s new contract runs until 30 November 2032.

“Since arriving on campus, Coach Cignetti has been the architect of one of college football’s greatest turnarounds and has shown the world that IU is also a football school,” the Indiana University president said. Pamela Whitten. “Coach Cigetti exemplifies IU’s goal of winning in everything we do. The success he has brought to Indiana football shines a light on all that is great about Indiana University. We are thrilled that Coach Cigetti and his wonderful family will be a part of the Hoosier Nation for many years to come.”

“I am beyond grateful for the tremendous commitment, trust and support of President Pam Whitten and Athletic Director Scott Dolson. Manette and I love Bloomington and are grateful for how the IU community has embraced us,” Cignetti said. “I look forward to leading this outstanding program and doing my part to continue the momentum for Hoosier football.”

“After first meeting with Coach Cignetti, we were very confident that he was the perfect fit for what we were trying to build with our football program,” said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson. “We were confident that IU could be a winning program, and we love what he’s building here. We love the student-athletes that he’s bringing here. We love how our fan base has rallied around this team and made Memorial Stadium to the place to be on Saturday afternoons And now we love the fact that he’s going to be doing all those things right here in Bloomington for a long, long time.”

In his first year in Bloomington, Cignetti has taken a program that won a total of three Big Ten games in the previous three seasons to a level of success that IU football has never experienced. The Hoosiers’ 10-0 start to the fall is the best in school history, while the 10 wins represent the first 10-win season in program history.

Indiana’s current no. 5 national ranking, meanwhile, is one spot short of the school’s best at no. 4 seen in both 1945 and 1967. Cignetti has accomplished this with a team that has dominated opponents on both sides of the ball. IU ranks second nationally in scoring offense (43.9), seventh in scoring defense (13.8), 16^th in total offense (453.2), and third in total defense (255.5).

Cignetti also has the Hoosiers ranked No. 5 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, making them well positioned to earn a spot in the initial 12-team playoff that will be announced on December 8th.

Indiana is in the midst of its second bye week of the season and returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 23, when it travels to Columbus, Ohio, to face No. 1 Ohio State. 2 at noon.