I don’t think IU, nor any school, ever officially confirms who it was that they interviewed. A lot of the stuff comes from leaked info.
I am glad you they did hire as coach Cignetti will continue to change IUFB into a top team in the B1G.
Ok thanks,I do remember a couple of those names being mentioned.
Darn and he got away.
Wait a minute. Walters was hired as Head Coach by Purdue in late 2022 or 2023, and served his first year at Purdue in 2023. He wouldn't have been available for Us to interview in late 2023 or early 2024.
Clearly IU should have moved a year earlier then.
It is very odd that neither of them knew diddly about the other side of the ball. I found it odd then and still do. It's a MAJOR reason they both lost games...
Hiring a coordinator with no significant head coaching experience is a roll of the dice, and there are going to be growing pains: we know. See Purdue, lol. It takes 3-4 years to see if they can grow into the job and be a decent coach. Allen and Wilson were very coordinator dependent for the other side of the ball.
Which makes the Walt Bell hiring even more mind-boggling - if that is even possible.
I don think that list is accurate at all.
Bell was a bizzare choice. It is also bizzare that IU's women basketball and football coaches are better than IU's basketball coach. Woodson hasn't done shit going on 4 years.
Supposedly he was a good at interviews.
IU needs to break away from the Knight coaching tree.
It was a quick zoom meeting - Cig just said, google me.
Came highly recommended by the head coach at Alabama.
I think Wilson was handcuffed financially. With a competent defensive staff that was adequately paid, he could have done some damage had he been able to stay around long enough.
Frye and Hart definitely interviewed. Believe Paul Chryst interviewed as well and Jason Candle's name was floated around along with Ryan Silverman (Memphis HC) but not sure if the latter two ever officially interviewed. I believe Pat Fitzgerald was Dolson's initial target but was quickly shot down by President Whitten.
That's all well and good but he talked mostly about infrastructure. What I want to know is IU going to pony up the funds to keep coach CIG and his staff here? It's going to cost a lot, because everyone and his brother's coming after him. Coach CIG and his staff ARE the infrastructure.
I saw an article that said they only did one in person. (Cig)The rest were zoom interviews. All about an hour long. Cig was the one that really stood out.
Hart and Frye were zoom interviews as they were still in season. No clue on Chryst or what his employment status was at the time. Rod Carey may have gotten a token interview as well now that I recollect.
