Indiana Football Retains 10 Assistants With New Contracts, Hires Chandler Whitmer
Below is the contract information for new multi-year deals signed by 10 Indiana assistant coaches.
Defensive coordinator Bryant Haines
- Term: 12/1/24 – 1/15/28
- Base salary: $450,000 per year
- Outside marketing and promotional income: $1,350,000 year one; $1,450,000 year two; $1,550,000 year three.
- Team defense bonus: If Indiana finishes top six in the Big Ten in fewest points allowed per game or fewest yards allowed per game, Haines receives a $150,000 bonus.
- Retention bonus: $75,000 on Jan. 31 and July 31 of each year.
- Benefits: Including, but not limited to health, dental, life insurance and retirement benefits. Annual allowance of $2,000 for adidas products, a courtesy car and meals at athletic dining facility.
- Dec. 1, 2024 – April 15, 2025: Haines would owe the university 50% of then-current total annual compensation if he left for any coaching position.
- April 16, 2025 – April 15, 2026: 40% if he left for a Big Ten university; 30% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2026 – April 15, 2027: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 20% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2027 – Jan. 15, 2028: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 15% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- 100% of his annual compensation paid over the remaining term as if he had not been terminated without cause, subject to mitigation and offset.
- In the event Cignetti terminates his employment with IU or IU terminates his employment, IU may terminate Haines without cause and pay him six months of his base salary and outside, promotion and marketing income.
Offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan
- Term: 12/1/24 – 1/15/28
- Base salary: $450,000 per year
- Outside marketing and promotional income: $700,000 year one; $750,000 year two; $800,000 year three.
- Retention bonus: $50,000 on July 31 of each year.
- Benefits: Including, but not limited to health, dental, life insurance and retirement benefits. Annual allowance of $2,000 for adidas products, a courtesy car and meals at athletic dining facility.
- Dec. 1, 2024 – April 15, 2025: Shanahan would owe the university 50% of then-current total annual compensation if he left for any coaching position.
- April 16, 2025 – April 15, 2026: 40% if he left for a Big Ten university; 30% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2026 – April 15, 2027: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 20% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2027 – End of 2027-28 season: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 15% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- 100% of his annual compensation paid over the remaining term as if he had not been terminated without cause, subject to mitigation and offset.
- In the event Cignetti terminates his employment with IU or IU terminates his employment, IU may terminate Shanahan without cause and pay him six months of his base salary and outside, promotion and marketing income.
Offensive line coach Bob Bostad
- Term: 12/1/24 – 1/15/27
- Base salary: $400,000 per year
- Outside marketing and promotional income: $500,000 per year
- Benefits: Including, but not limited to health, dental, life insurance and retirement benefits. Annual allowance of $2,000 for adidas products, a courtesy car allowance of $12,000 per year and meals at athletic dining facility.
- Dec. 1, 2024 – April 15, 2025: Bostad would owe the university 50% of then-current total annual compensation if he left for any coaching position.
- April 16, 2025 – April 15, 2026: 40% if he left for a Big Ten university; 30% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2026 – Jan. 15, 2027: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 20% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- 100% of his annual compensation paid over the remaining term as if he had not been terminated without cause, subject to mitigation and offset.
- In the event Cignetti terminates his employment with IU or IU terminates his employment, IU may terminate Bostad without cause and pay him six months of his base salary and outside, promotion and marketing income.
Director of athletic performance Derek Owings
- Term: 12/1/24 – 1/15/27
- Base salary: $400,000 per year
- Outside marketing and promotional income: $235,000 per year
- Benefits: Including, but not limited to health, dental, life insurance and retirement benefits. Annual allowance of $2,000 for adidas products, a courtesy car and meals at athletic dining facility.
- Dec. 1, 2024 – April 15, 2025: Owings would owe the university 50% of then-current total annual compensation if he left for any coaching position.
- April 16, 2025 – April 15, 2026: 40% if he left for a Big Ten university; 30% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2026 – End of 2026-27 season: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 20% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- 100% of his annual compensation paid over the remaining term as if he had not been terminated without cause, subject to mitigation and offset.
- In the event Cignetti terminates his employment with IU or IU terminates his employment, IU may terminate Owings without cause and pay him six months of his base salary and outside, promotion and marketing income.
Defensive tackles coach Pat Kuntz
- Term: 12/1/24 – 1/15/27
- Base salary: $400,000 per year
- Outside marketing and promotional income: $225,000 per year
- Benefits: Including, but not limited to health, dental, life insurance and retirement benefits. Annual allowance of $2,000 for adidas products, a courtesy car and meals at athletic dining facility.
- Dec. 1, 2024 – April 15, 2025: Kuntz would owe the university 50% of then-current total annual compensation if he left for any coaching position.
- April 16, 2025 – April 15, 2026: 40% if he left for a Big Ten university; 30% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2026 – End of 2027 season: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 20% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- 100% of his annual compensation paid over the remaining term as if he had not been terminated without cause, subject to mitigation and offset.
- In the event Cignetti terminates his employment with IU or IU terminates his employment, IU may terminate Kuntz without cause and pay him six months of his base salary and outside, promotion and marketing income.
Special teams coordinator, tight ends coach Grant Cain
- Term: 12/1/24 – 1/15/27
- Base salary: $400,000 per year
- Outside marketing and promotional income: $175,000 per year
- Benefits: Including, but not limited to health, dental, life insurance and retirement benefits. Annual allowance of $2,000 for adidas products, a courtesy car and meals at athletic dining facility.
- Dec. 1, 2024 – April 15, 2025: Cain would owe the university 50% of then-current total annual compensation if he left for any coaching position.
- April 16, 2025 – April 15, 2026: 40% if he left for a Big Ten university; 30% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2026 – End of 2026-27 season: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 20% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- 100% of his annual compensation paid over the remaining term as if he had not been terminated without cause, subject to mitigation and offset.
- In the event Cignetti terminates his employment with IU or IU terminates his employment, IU may terminate Cain without cause and pay him six months of his base salary and outside, promotion and marketing income.
Safeties, defensive backs coach Ola Adams
- Term: 12/1/24 – 1/15/27
- Base salary: $400,000 per year
- Outside marketing and promotional income: $150,000 per year
- Benefits: Including, but not limited to health, dental, life insurance and retirement benefits. Annual allowance of $2,000 for adidas products, a courtesy car and meals at athletic dining facility.
- Dec. 1, 2024 – April 15, 2025: Adams would owe the university 50% of then-current total annual compensation if he left for any coaching position.
- April 16, 2025 – April 15, 2026: 40% if he left for a Big Ten university; 30% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2026 – End of 2027 season: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 20% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- 100% of his annual compensation paid over the remaining term as if he had not been terminated without cause, subject to mitigation and offset.
- In the event Cignetti terminates his employment with IU or IU terminates his employment, IU may terminate Adams without cause and pay him six months of his base salary and outside, promotion and marketing income.
Cornerbacks coach Rod Ojong
- Term: 12/1/24 – 1/15/27
- Base salary: $400,000 per year
- Outside marketing and promotional income: $150,000 per year
- Benefits: Including, but not limited to health, dental, life insurance and retirement benefits. Annual allowance of $2,000 for adidas products, a courtesy car and meals at athletic dining facility.
- Dec. 1, 2024 – April 15, 2025: Ojong would owe the university 50% of then-current total annual compensation if he left for any coaching position.
- April 16, 2025 – April 15, 2026: 40% if he left for a Big Ten university; 30% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2026 – Last regular season game of 2026 season, including, if applicable, the Big Ten championship game: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 20% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- 100% of his annual compensation paid over the remaining term as if he had not been terminated without cause, subject to mitigation and offset.
- In the event Cignetti terminates his employment with IU or IU terminates his employment, IU may terminate Ojong without cause and pay him six months of his base salary and outside, promotion and marketing income.
Defensive ends coach Buddha Williams
- Term: 12/1/24 – 1/15/27
- Base salary: $400,000 per year
- Outside marketing and promotional income: $150,000 per year
- Benefits: Including, but not limited to health, dental, life insurance and retirement benefits. Annual allowance of $2,000 for adidas products, a courtesy car and meals at athletic dining facility.
- Dec. 1, 2024 – April 15, 2025: Williams would owe the university 50% of then-current total annual compensation if he left for any coaching position.
- April 16, 2025 – April 15, 2026: 40% if he left for a Big Ten university; 30% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2026 – End of 2027 season: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 20% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- 100% of his annual compensation paid over the remaining term as if he had not been terminated without cause, subject to mitigation and offset.
- In the event Cignetti terminates his employment with IU or IU terminates his employment, IU may terminate Williams without cause and pay him six months of his base salary and outside, promotion and marketing income.
Running backs coach John Miller
- Term: 12/1/24 – 1/15/27
- Base salary: $400,000 per year
- Outside marketing and promotional income: $25,000 per year
- Benefits: Including, but not limited to health, dental, life insurance and retirement benefits. Annual allowance of $2,000 for adidas products, a courtesy car and meals at athletic dining facility.
- Dec. 1, 2024 – April 15, 2025: Miller would owe the university 50% of then-current total annual compensation if he left for any coaching position.
- April 16, 2025 – April 15, 2026: 40% if he left for a Big Ten university; 30% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- April 16, 2026 – Jan. 15, 2027: 30% if he left for a Big Ten university; 20% if he went outside the Big Ten.
- 100% of his annual compensation paid over the remaining term as if he had not been terminated without cause, subject to mitigation and offset.
- In the event Cignetti terminates his employment with IU or IU terminates his employment, IU may terminate Miller without cause and pay him six months of his base salary and outside, promotion and marketing income.
