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Indiana's Cignetti and Alabama's DeBoer Reflect on Stints as Assistants at Each Other's Schools
Curt Cignetti credits Nick Saban for teaching high standards while Kalen DeBoer used Indiana as a launchpad; Indiana enters CFP as top seed at 13-0.
- On New Year’s Day Curt Cignetti, Indiana head coach, will face Kalen DeBoer, Alabama coach, in Pasadena, California for a College Football Playoff semifinal with Indiana as the top seed.
- Working under Saban and coaching at Indiana helped Curt Cignetti, Indiana head coach, learn organization and high standards, while Kalen DeBoer, Alabama coach, used one Indiana season to launch his head coaching career at Fresno State and Washington Huskies.
- After the 2006 season, Nick Saban hired Curt Cignetti, who later worked on Alabama’s national title staff before assistants Nick Sheridan and Kane Wommack moved between Indiana and Alabama.
- Over 15 seasons, Curt Cignetti never posted a losing season while guiding multiple programs and overseeing a major FCS-to-FBS transition, sparking Indiana University’s turnaround after three losing seasons under Tom Allen.
- These shared roots position the matchup as a narrative of growth, with Curt Cignetti reflecting daily on his Crimson Tide years and Kalen DeBoer highlighting Indiana’s ʼ19 season success.
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Cignetti Discusses History with Alabama, Upcoming Playoff Matchup
Michael Reaves BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–The Indiana Hoosier football team is getting ready to face a football program their head coach, Curt Cignetti, knows all too well…the Alabama Crimson Tide. Cignetti was an assistant coach at Alabama from 2007 through 2011 and learned a lot from Nick Saban. Cignetti and his #1 ranked Hoosiers (13-0) play Alabama (11-3) on New Year’s Day at the Rose Bowl in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal round. “I proba…
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