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If you have followed OutKick at all over the last six months, you’ll know just how fond I am of Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti.<\/p>\n

His two-year run in Bloomington<\/a> has been so impressive, I already believe he’s on the short list of “greatest coaches of all time.”<\/p>\n

There are very few who could have orchestrated the turnaround he pulled off<\/a> with the Hoosiers, given the dearth of resources and interest in the program when he arrived.<\/p>\n

Cignetti has Indiana as a mainstay in the national championship conversation, and if you had told me that even five years ago, I would have laughed you out of the room.<\/p>\n

IT’S NOT TOO LATE, YOU’RE NOT TOO OLD: NATIONAL CHAMPION CURT CIGNETTI JUST PROVED IT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Naturally, Coach Cig owes his success to someone, but who?<\/p>\n

When he sat down with Josh Pate earlier this week, he mentioned a familiar name that got him up to speed on what it meant to be a championship-caliber coach very early in his career.<\/p>\n

Pate broke down how then-Alabama coach Nick Saban changed his perspective on “process oriented thinking” on a speaking tour during his first year in Tuscaloosa when Cignetti revealed he was on that tour, and the lessons being imparted on Pate also rubbed off on him.<\/p>\n

NICK SABAN REVEALS ‘BIGGEST MISTAKE’ OF ILLUSTRIOUS COACHING CAREER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I went with him in ’07, part of his original staff. I just learned so much,” Cignetti said.<\/p>\n

“He had a philosophy, and he had been a head coach 13 or 14 years by then… and he could just lay it out there where it made so much sense.”<\/p>\n

Cignetti said even from day one on the job with the Crimson Tide, Saban had a detailed plan for everything.<\/p>\n

EX-ALABAMA STAR DAMIEN HARRIS EXPLAINS WHY CRIMSON TIDE DOESN’T WANT TEAMS TO FEAR THEM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“After one year with coach [Saban] I felt like I had learned more about how to run a program than the previous 28 as an assistant.”<\/p>\n

The sense of urgency to win every day stuck with Cignetti more than almost anything.<\/p>\n

“Every day was 4th-and-1 one with coach Saban,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But that’s the way it had to be to fight complacency and find the edge on a daily basis and be as good as you can be.”<\/p>\n

When you hear Cignetti talk about the wisdom he gained with Saban, it’s easy to see why he’s such a successful head coach.<\/p>\n

But being around Nick Saban and actually retaining that wisdom don’t always go hand in hand.<\/p>\n

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Plenty of coaches who have been assistants under Saban have had middling and forgettable careers as head coaches.<\/p>\n

The fact that Cignetti was able to apply Saban’s teachings – at a non-traditional power, no less – is all the more impressive.<\/p>\n

When Saban retired in early 2024<\/a>, it left a huge void in the college football community.<\/p>\n

It might sound outlandish, but Curt Cignetti could very well be the closest thing we have to prime Nick Saban in the game today.<\/p>\n

The results speak for themselves. He wins, just Google him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/curt-cignetti-reveals-working-nick-saban-changed-everything-every-day-4th-1 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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