Timeline Curt Cignetti

College football coach who won at every level he worked, from IUP and Elon to James Madison. At Indiana he turned one of the sport's losing programmes into national champions within two seasons.

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1961 Curt Cignetti born in Pittsburgh Curt Cignetti is born in Pittsburgh, son of the coach Frank Cignetti.
1979 Curt Cignetti plays quarterback at West Virginia Cignetti plays for the Mountaineers while his father coaches there.
1983 Curt Cignetti starts coaching at Pitt Cignetti becomes a graduate assistant at Pittsburgh.
2007 Curt Cignetti joins Nick Saban at Alabama Cignetti is wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator for four seasons, including the 2009 title.
2011 Curt Cignetti becomes head coach at IUP At 50, Cignetti gets his first head coaching job at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
2017 Curt Cignetti takes over at Elon Cignetti leads Elon to the FCS playoffs.
2019 Curt Cignetti becomes coach at James Madison Cignetti goes 52–9 at James Madison over five seasons.
2022 Curt Cignetti leads James Madison into the FBS James Madison move up to the top division and win immediately.
2023 Curt Cignetti hired by Indiana Indiana appoint Cignetti. At his introduction he tells doubters to Google him.
2024 Curt Cignetti named Coach of the Year Cignetti is the AP and Big Ten Coach of the Year.
2024 Curt Cignetti takes Indiana to the playoff After an 11–1 regular season, Indiana lose to Notre Dame in their first College Football Playoff game.
2025 Curt Cignetti signs a $93 million extension Indiana give Cignetti an eight-year contract.
2025 Curt Cignetti wins the Big Ten title Indiana beat Ohio State 13–10 for their first conference title since 1967.
2026 Curt Cignetti wins the Bear Bryant award Cignetti is named national coach of the year again.
2026 Curt Cignetti wins the national championship Indiana beat Miami 27–21 to finish 16–0 with their first national title.