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Form · last two seasons
93
▲ Overperforming +6
Rating87recent
Peak93best 5 yrs
Career79whole career
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Curt Cignetti

Head Coach · Indiana
★ Difference Makerlifts programs beyond what their talent predictsProgram Builderassistants thrive and get promotedStaff Architectresults well above expectationWinner

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry
Chem 65: typical65
continuity at Indiana · early
Seasons here3
Programs2
Stints2

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
2024–2026IndianaHead Coach
2019–2023James MadisonHead Coach

Chemistry

vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
How much continuity and loyalty his programs carryat Indiana
Tenure here — Seasons as head coach at his current schoolTenure here59Staff continuity — Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked togetherStaff continuity78Player retention — Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)Player retention62Followers — Players and staff who followed him from his previous jobFollowers98QB & coordinator — How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinatorQB & coordinator45Roster continuity — Share of starters returning from one season to the next under himRoster continuity46
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
59
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
78
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
62
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
98
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
45
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
46
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.

As head coach

Rating87Form93▲ 6 over-performingPeak93Career79
2011–2026 · 16 seasonsRecord 146-37National titles 1Great seasons 2 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
  • Rating 87: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
  • Peak 93: best five-season stretch, 2022–2026 at James Madison and Indiana (46-6, 3 top-10 seasons by team strength, 1 national title).
  • Career 79 (#73 since 1936): total accomplishment over 16 seasons (146-37), 1 national title, 2 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
  • Proven at 3 programs: IUP · James Madison · Indiana.
Over expectation · 2016 on99Results against what his rosters' talent predicted (program lift, evaluation, recruiting, staff building, game management).

Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.

Program lift99
Evaluation76
Results90
Recruiting78
Staff building99
Game management81
SeasonTeamRecordSeason rankvs contemporaries
2026Indiana0-0#9+1.48 SD
2025Indiana16-0#1+2.35 SD
2024Indiana11-2#7+1.58 SD
2023James Madison11-1#33+0.73 SD
2022James Madison8-3#46+0.47 SD
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).