Inside the staff, scouting and daily standards behind Indiana’s rise—and why Curt Cignetti’s next great challenge could be the NFL.
4 head-coaching stops · 146–37 through 2025 · 16–0 national champions in 2025
Curt Cignetti – A career built on the climb
At 49, Curt Cignetti left Alabama for a Division II head-coaching job. He traded a place on Nick Saban’s staff for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he could hire the people, set the standards and own the result. [1]
His father, Frank, had coached at IUP. Now Curt wanted the whole job: recruiting, teaching, player development and the daily work of making a program better.