Curt Cignetti leaving James Madison football program to take head coaching job at Indiana: report

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The Indiana Hoosiers' head football coaching search appears to be over. 

According to ESPN, Indiana has lured coach Curt Cignetti from James Madison. 

Indiana recently fired Tom Allen after a third straight losing season. Cignetti will leave a program he helped transition from the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision to college football's highest level, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

Allen had a 33-49 overall record with the Hoosiers, and Indiana ended the 2023 season with just three wins.

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Head coach Curt Cignetti of the James Madison Dukes stands with his team during a first quarter timeout against the Appalachian State Mountaineers at Kidd Brewer Stadium Sept. 24, 2022, in Boone, N.C. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)

Cignetti was named Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the Dukes to an 11-1 season. 

Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson expressed excitement about Cignetti's track record.

"I am very excited to welcome Curt Cignetti as the head football coach at Indiana University," Dolson said in a statement. 

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"We had a very talented and deep pool of candidates, and Curt stood out, thanks to an incredible track record of success over more than four decades in college football. As a head coach, he's succeeded everywhere he's been, and as an assistant, he has been a part of championship cultures while working alongside some of the game's best coaches. 

"I appreciate the tremendous support throughout this process of Chair Quinn Buckner and the IU Board of