Curt Cignetti Named Home Depot National Coach of the Year
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–First he was named the Big Ten Football Coach of the Year. Now Indiana Hoosier Head Football Coach Curt Cignetti has been named the Home Depot National Coach of the Year.
The announcement was made Thursday night during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show broadcast on ESPN.
He was named the Hayes-Schembechler Big Ten Coach of the Year from the conference coaches and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year from the media that covers the Big Ten earlier this month.
Cignetti has engineered an eight-game improvement from Indiana’s 2023 to 2024 seasons. That number currently sits tied for the second-best improvement by a first-year head coach since at least 1996. He was the first-ever Division I head coach to start 8-0 or better in consecutive seasons at different institutions. He led James Madison to a 10-0 mark to start the 2023 season and pushed Indiana to an identical mark to begin the 2024 slate.
With a record of 11-1, Indiana has reached the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history and is headed to the postseason for the 13th time.
The Hoosiers will take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the CFP First Round on Friday (Dec. 20) night inside Notre Dame Stadium at 8 p.m. ET. You can hear the game starting at 7 on 93.5 and 107.5 The Fan.
