Indiana University and IU Head Football Coach Curt Cignetti have agreed to a new contract that runs through November 30, 2032.

It has an average annual compensation of $8 million as well as an additional $1 million retention bonus.

This makes him one of the highest-paid coaches in the Big Ten, and the highest paid IU employee ever.

“Since arriving on campus, Coach Cignetti has been the architect of one of college football’s greatest turnarounds and has shown the world that IU is also a football school,” said Indiana University President Pamela Whitten. “Coach Cignetti exemplifies IU’s goal to win in all that we do. The success he has brought to Indiana football is shining a light on all that is amazing about Indiana University. We are excited that Coach Cignetti and his wonderful family will be a part of the Hoosier Nation for many years to come.”

Cignetti said that he has always been appreciative of the support he has received from Whitten and IU Athletic Director Scott Dolson.

“My wife Manette and I love Bloomington and are grateful for how the IU community has embraced us,” said Cignetti. “I look forward to leading this outstanding program and doing my part to continue the momentum for Hoosier football.”

“After first meeting Coach Cignetti, we were very confident that he was the perfect fit for what we were trying to build with our football program,” said Dolson. “We were confident IU could become a winning program and we love what he’s building here. We love the student-athletes that he’s bringing here. We love how our fanbase has rallied around this team and made Memorial Stadium the place to be on Saturday afternoons. And now, we love the fact that he’s going to be doing all those things right here in Bloomington for a long, long time.”

In his first year in Bloomington, Cignetti has taken a program that won a total of three Big Ten games in the previous three seasons to a level of success that IU football has never enjoyed. The Hoosiers 10-0 start this fall is the best in school history, while the 10 wins represent the first 10-win season in the program’s history.

Indiana’s current No. 5 national ranking is one spot shy of the school’s all-time best of No. 4 set in both 1945 and 1967.

The Hoosiers play #2 ranked Ohio State on Saturday November 23 at noon. Pregame coverage begins at 11 am on MNC Nation at 1340 AM and 101.9 FM.