Revealed: The outrageous raise given to Indiana coach Curt Cignetti by state school amid undefeated season

Indiana University is overmuch amended known for its prowess connected the hoops court, alternatively than the gridiron.

But successful the midst of the champion commencement to a play successful the school's agelong history, the athletics section decided to guarantee that their first-year caput manager was tied down and paid handsomely.

Curt Cignetti arrived successful Bloomington aft coaching James Madison University to go 1 of the champion schools successful the Sun Belt Conference. He hoped to replicate his occurrence determination with the Hoosiers successful his archetypal play astatine the helm of a Power 4 league school.

So acold he's done conscionable that. After going 3-9 the twelvemonth prior, Indiana is present disconnected to the champion commencement successful schoolhouse past - sitting astatine 10-0 and presently No. 5 successful the College Football Playoff rankings.

Faced with perchance sustainable occurrence for the archetypal clip successful decades, the Hoosiers decided to fastener up Cignetti an eight-year, $72million contract.

It's an mean of $8m per twelvemonth with an yearly $1m retention bonus.

That's astir treble the wage helium was initially earning erstwhile helium signed a six-year, $27million woody - which the schoolhouse was wholly connected the hook for.

It's unclear what percent of Cignetti's caller woody volition beryllium paid by the school. DailyMail.com has reached retired Indiana University for further details. 

According to the USA Today Coaches Salary Database, Cignetti's caller woody astatine $8m would marque him the 16th highest paid manager successful assemblage shot - down Oklahoma caput manager Brent Venables, but up of Miami (FL) caput manager Mario Cristobal.

Per the Indianapolis Star, Cignetti is present the highest paid worker successful the past of the university.

The Star besides reported that Cignetti will, 'receive some importantly improved fiscal presumption and besides further assurances astir programme infrastructure and support.' Said assurances volition apt include, 'commitments successful the signifier of things similar staffing and assistant-coaching wage pools.'

In addition, The Star says that the schoolhouse is 'in the readying and financing stages of a important Memorial Stadium renovation, 1 Cignetti tin present assistance shape.'

In a connection released aft the announcement, Cignetti said, 'I americium beyond appreciative for the tremendous commitment, assurance and enactment from (IU) President Pam Whitten and Athletics Director Scott Dolson

'Manette [Cignetti's wife] and I emotion Bloomington and are grateful for however the IU assemblage has embraced us. I look guardant to starring this outstanding program, and doing my portion to proceed the momentum for Hoosier football.' 

Under Cignetti, the Hoosiers person won 10 games successful a play for the archetypal clip successful schoolhouse history.

Indiana had antecedently reached 9 wins nether manager Bo McMillin successful 1945 earlier going 9-2 successful the 1967 play nether John Pont.

With Cignetti astatine the helm, the Hoosiers came distant with large wins against Nebraska, Washington, and Michigan.

But their biggest trial comes adjacent week erstwhile they question to Columbus to instrumentality connected Ohio State successful a apt top-five matchup.