US EditionCurt Cignetti Completes His Masterpiece, Coaching Unbeaten Indiana to Title in His 2nd Season
Curt Cignetti transformed Indiana into an unbeaten team with a 10-0 start and Rose Bowl win, leading the nation in turnover margin and ranking second in penalty yards.
- On Jan. 19, 2026, Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti led the Hoosiers to a 27-21 win over Miami at Hard Rock Stadium, capping an undefeated season and the program's first double-digit-win campaign.
- Cignetti rebuilt the roster using the transfer portal and NIL, integrating many players he recruited at James Madison after years climbing the coaching ladder and turning around multiple programs.
- Indiana defensive lineman Mikail Kamara blocked a Dylan Joyce punt leading to a touchdown, and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Fernando Mendoza scored to put Indiana ahead by 10 in the fourth quarter.
- The victory made Cignetti the first coach since Gene Chizik to win a national title in his first two seasons, while several Hoosiers and Hurricanes are NFL draft candidates.
- Some call it one of college football's greatest turnarounds as Cignetti's Hoosiers, starting as the losingest program, now lead the nation in turnover margin and rank second in penalty yardage.
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Curt Cignetti completes his masterpiece, coaching unbeaten Indiana to
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Curt Cignetti came to Indiana to win championships. The old-school, blunt-spoken coach who began his Hoosiers tenure with a promise to bring swift success to the losingest program in college football completed his masterpiece on Monday night, guiding Indiana to a 27-21 win over the Miami Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff final and the first national championship in school history. Cignetti accomplished what fe…
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Curt Cignetti completes his masterpiece, coaching unbeaten Indiana to title in his 2nd season
Curt Cignetti came to Indiana to win championships. The old-school, blunt-spoken coach who began his Hoosiers tenure with a promise to bring swift success to the...
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Curt Cignetti / Indiana Hoosiers Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti is one of college football’s most detail-obsessed personalities. His focus on processes and outcomes has the Hoosiers in the national title game. The program is a perfect 15-0 on the year with its final game approaching. Cignetti admitted to celebrating each of those wins with a cold beer. His outcome-oriented mindset won’t allow him to booze inefficiently. Cignetti is in Year…
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🏈 A coach’s climb
Indiana’s Curt Cignetti once roamed the sideline at Temple.
Curt Cignetti’s climb to the top of college football with Indiana wasn’t out of nowhere
Before Curt Cignetti became the story of college football, before he took a program known for losing and turned it into an undefeated dynamo, he was coaching in anonymity at the Football Championship Subdivision, the lower level of Division I.
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