Curt Cignetti, the head coach of No. 1 Indiana, walked a well-documented path before reaching his first job as the head coach of a Power Conference program. His career took a positive turn over 20 years ago, however, when he served as an assistant coach in Raleigh for the Wolfpack.

Throughout his four-decade coaching career in college football, Curt Cignetti has mentored under some legendary coaching figures — from Chuck Amato at NC State to Nick Saban at Alabama. But it was the first head coach he ever knew — his father,

Potential Pittsburgh Steelers head coach target, Indiana coach Curt Cignetti says no thanks to coaching in the NFL