Curt Cignetti, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s head football coach from 2011 to 2016, has led the Indiana Hoosiers since 2024. (IU Athletics)
Former Â鶹ÊÓƵ football coach Curt Cignetti is standing on top of the college football mountain.
On Monday night, his Indiana Hoosiers beat the Miami Hurricanes, 27-21, in the College Football Playoff National Championship game in Miami, Florida, in front of more than 67,000 fans.
Cignetti was head coach at Â鶹ÊÓƵ from 2011 to 2016, and he led the Crimson Hawks to three NCAA Division II playoff berths and one PSAC championship. He is a son of former Â鶹ÊÓƵ head coach Frank Cignetti Sr. (1986-2005) and is the brother of current Â鶹ÊÓƵ assistant coach Frank Cignetti Jr.
Two of Cignetti’s assistants at Indiana are also former Â鶹ÊÓƵ coaches. Offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan was an assistant here in 2016, and defensive coordinator Bryant Haines was on Cignetti’s staff here in 2014 and 2015.
Read more about Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s ties to Monday’s championship game in the story “ Â鶹ÊÓƵ Roots Run Deep in College Football's Biggest Game.”