Did Curt Cignetti make the right decision leaving James Madison for the college football program that had the most losses of all-time?
His net worth emphatically says yes.
Cignetti was making $677,311 during his final season at James Madison. He’s already nearly tripled that figure just from bonuses tied to the 2025 season. That follows a 2024 season during which he more than doubled his JMU salary with bonuses earned at IU.
In total Cignetti has earned bonuses of $1.9 million during this 13-0 Big Ten Championship season. Here’s detail on what Cignetti has already earned this year, with the potential to make more during the College Football Playoff:
- $150,000 for six Big Ten wins.
- $1 million for a Big Ten championship.
- $600,000 for reaching the College Football Playoff quarterfinals. He can still earn $700,000 for reaching the semifinals, $1 million for reaching the national title game, and $2 million for winning a national championship.
- $50,000 for winning Big Ten Coach of the Year, whether through the coaches vote or the media vote.
- $100,000 for winning any of the major National Coach of the Year honors (AP, the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award, Sporting News, Walter Camp, Maxwell Football Club, or ABC/ESPN).
In October, Cignetti and Indiana signed a new eight-year, $93 million deal that runs through 2033.
Cignetti and the Hoosiers will take on either Alabama or Oklahoma in the CFP quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.
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