{"id":769100,"date":"2026-02-22T14:39:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/769100\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:39:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:39:34","slug":"curt-cignetti-indiana-agree-to-new-contract-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/769100\/","title":{"rendered":"Curt Cignetti, Indiana agree to new contract terms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curt Cignetti<\/a> and Indiana<\/a> have agreed to new contract terms that will make him the second-highest paid coach in all of college football, sources confirm to TheHoosier.com.<\/p>\n

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The new deal will remain through 2033, as previously agreed upon in October of 2025, as this new agreement will change only his salary \u2013 which will increase to an average of $13.2 million per year.<\/p>\n

His previous average annual salary was $11.6 million, but per the contract extension from October, Indiana\u2019s appearance in the College Football Playoff Semifinal triggered the \u201cgood faith review\u201d clause.<\/p>\n

This required Cignetti\u2019s contract to be renegotiated to put him inside the top-three of head coach salaries. At $13.2 million, he\u2019ll be the second-highest paid coach, only behind Georgia<\/a>\u2019s Kirby Smart<\/a> at $13.29 million per year, but ahead of Ohio State<\/a>\u2019s Ryan Day<\/a> at $12.5 million per year \u2013 making Cignetti the highest-paid head coach in the Big Ten.<\/p>\n

Cignetti has gone 27-2 in his two seasons in Bloomington, with an 11-2 campaign in 2024 that featured a CFP berth, followed by a 16-0 national championship season in 2025. He won Indiana its first bowl game since 1991, first Rose Bowl in history, first Big Ten Championship Game ever, while each of his two seasons are the only two 10-win campaigns in program history.<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s turned Indiana from a perennial loser to a national champion, and it\u2019s paid off for both him and the university. Should Indiana make the semifinals once again, the new salary will be renegotiated accordingly.<\/p>\n

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