Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti and the university have agreed to terms on a new, eight-year contract with an average annual compensation of $11.6 million, according to an official release from
the athletics department.
“We are committed to investing in IU Football in such a way that we can compete at a championship level, and the No. 1 priority in doing that is ensuring that Coach Cignetti is the leader of our program,” Scott Dolson, Indiana’s athletics director, said in the release. “His accomplishments during the last season and a half have been nothing short of remarkable. As much as anyone, he believed in what was possible with our program, and he’s turned that belief into reality. This is a great day for IU Football and Indiana University. I look forward to working alongside Coach Cignetti for many years to come.”
As of the signing of this contract, Indiana is 17-2 under Cignetti and currently ranks in at No. 3 nationally in the most recent AP top-25 poll.
Indiana promptly posted a video of Cignetti addressing the fanbase saying, among other things, that he plans on retiring at Indiana:
