Urban Meyer touts Curt Cignetti as ‘best coaching job I’ve seen in my life’
By David Wasson
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Indiana coach Curt Cignetti touted his winning pedigree from the start in Bloomington and has delivered to the Hoosier faithful – capturing 24 of 26 victories in 2 seasons and the Big Ten title in 2025.
Following Indiana’s 13-10 win against Ohio State on Saturday night to win the program’s first outright conference crown since 1945, 3-time national championship coach Urban Meyer heaped the ultimate praise on the job Cignetti has done with the Hoosiers.
“This is the greatest turnaround in the history of our sport. It’s not even close,” Meyer said on the field to the FOX television audience as the Hoosiers celebrated their victory behind him.
“This is the best coaching job I’ve seen, certainly, in my life – and I think in the history of the sport.”
Indiana (13-0), which is poised to earn the No. 1 overall seed when the College Football Playoff field is set Sunday (noon ET, ESPN), had not experienced a winning record since Tom Allen coached them to a 6-2 record in 2020.
The program has the second-most on-field losses in FBS history (715, 3 more than Big Ten compatriot Northwestern’s 718), yet went 13-0 in Cignetti’s second season at the helm and Heisman Trophy front-runner Fenando Mendoza under center.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
