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The old-school, blunt-spoken coach completed his masterpiece on Monday night, leading Indiana to a 27-21 victory over Miami for the program’s first national title, capping one of the most

Indiana coach Curt Cignetti has officially confirmed he's happy to have brought the first national championship in football program history to Bloomington.

The Hoosiers’ coach raked it in with a perfect 16-0 season that delivered the school’s first-ever football national championship.

Not even rap stars in the wee hours of a Hoosiers celebration could deter Curt Cignetti whom, pausing that celebration, was already focused on work.

Curt Cignetti enjoyed himself a Hoosier Gameday Lager from the Upland Brewery after Indiana won the national championship on Monday night.

Back in the late 70s/early 80s, there was a quarterback on West Virginia's football roster by the name of Curt Cignetti, the son of former WVU head coach, Frank

The Hoosiers’ incomprehensible journey to the sport’s mountaintop resulted from following their coach’s methodical approach.

The man who never smiles broke down in tears after bringing the Indiana Hoosiers their first-ever college football national title.

Cignetti — who began his head coaching career at Division II Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2011 — became the first head coach to win a national title in his first or second season with a team since Gene Chizik led Auburn to the championship in 2010.

He had to start somewhere. So, when coach Curt Cignetti started his rebuilding project at Indiana, he turned to what he knew. Cignetti recruited 13 players from his old school, James Madison, over to his new program with the Hoosiers.

Indiana beat Miami 27-21, thanks to an interception from Jamari Sharpe on Miami's final possession of the game. Sharpe intercepted quarterback Carson Beck as he was trying to throw a long pass down the field.