It didn’t take lengthy for Indiana to offer Curt Cignetti a contract extension.
The college introduced Saturday morning that it had signed its first-year coach to an eight-year contract extension. Cignetti was employed from James Madison over the offseason and the No. 5 Hoosiers are 10-0 with two video games remaining within the common season.
Cignetti will obtain $8 million per season in a deal that principally doubles the per-year wage of his preliminary deal.
“Since arriving on campus, Coach Cignetti has been the architect of one in every of faculty soccer’s best turnarounds and has proven the world that IU can also be a soccer college,” Indiana president Pamela Whitten stated in a press release. “Coach Cignetti exemplifies IU’s aim to win in all that we do. The success he has delivered to Indiana soccer is shining a lightweight on all that’s superb about Indiana College. We’re excited that Coach Cignetti and his great household might be part of the Hoosier Nation for a few years to return.”
Indiana has been the largest shock of the 2024 faculty soccer season to this point. The Hoosiers can clinch a spot within the Huge Ten title sport with a win at Ohio State on Nov. 23. Indiana has by no means performed within the Huge Ten championship sport. And the Hoosiers had by no means gained 10 video games in a single season till 2024.
Cignetti overhauled the roster by the switch portal within the offseason. The group of latest gamers included QB Kurtis Rourke from Ohio. Rourke has accomplished almost 72% of his passes for over 2,400 yards to this point and is averaging simply over 10 yards per throw. He’s additionally thrown simply 4 interceptions to 21 TD passes.
The Hoosiers’ success this season additionally means Cignetti’s exceptional teaching streak continues. He has by no means coached a workforce with a shedding report since changing into a school soccer head coach in 2011. Cignetti was employed by IUP 13 years in the past and went 53-17 with the Crimson Hawks. He was then 14-9 in two seasons at Elon earlier than taking on at James Madison in 2019.
The Dukes have been 33-5 in three seasons on the FCS degree and made the semifinals in every of these seasons. James Madison moved as much as the highest degree of school soccer in 2022 and promptly went 8-3, although it was ineligible for a bowl sport. The Dukes have been 11-1 in 2023 below Cignetti and went to the Armed Forces Bowl.