BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University and IU head football coach Short Cignetti have agreed to terms for a new eight-year contract with an average annual compensation of $8 million, as well as an additional $1 million annual retention bonus. Cignetti’s new contract runs until November 30, 2032.

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

“I am beyond grateful for the tremendous commitment, trust and support of President Pam Whitten and Athletic Director Scott Dolson. Manette and I love Bloomington and are grateful for the way 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 with Coach Cignetti, we felt confident that he was a perfect fit for what we were trying to build with our football program,” said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Scott Dolson. “We believed IU could be a winning program and we like what he is building here. We like the student-athletes he is bringing here. We like the way our fan base has rallied around this team and made Memorial Stadium the place to be on Saturday afternoons. And now we’re excited that he’ll be doing all those things here in Bloomington for a long time to come.”

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 seen. The Hoosiers’ 10-0 start this fall is the best in school history, while the 10 wins represent the first 10-win season in program history.

Indiana’s current No. 5 national ranking, meanwhile, is one spot shy of the school’s all-time best No. 4 ranking in both 1945 and 1967. Cignetti has accomplished this with a team that has dominated opponents on both sides of the ball. IU ranks second nationally in scoring offense (43.9), seventh in scoring defense (13.8), 16^e in total offense (453.2), and third in total defense (255.5).

Cignetti also ranked the Hoosiers at No. 5 in the most recent College Football Playoff rankings, putting them well-positioned to earn a spot in the first 12-team playoff to be announced on December 8.

Indiana is in the middle of its second bye week of the season and will return to action on Saturday, November 23, when it travels to Columbus, Ohio to face No. 2 Ohio State at noon.