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BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football defensive coordinator Bryant Haines has agreed to a more lucrative deal than the one detailed in the memorandum of understanding he signed in December, according to source with knowledge of the situation.
Haines had previously signed a MOU worth $1.8 million annually over three years, but the terms have improved on the heels of high-profile defensive coordinator openings at Notre Dame and Ohio State. He was also linked to the defensive coordinator opening at Penn State after IU’s former coach Tom Allen left the school for Clemson.
The exact financial details haven’t been released, but the department also changed the buyout structure Haines had previously agreed to as well. The buyout outlined in the MOU from December required him to pay 50% of his total annual compensation to the school if he left the university for a new job in the first year of his deal and decreased over the length of the contract.
Haines, who was the first assistant in program history to more more than $1 million a year, helped IU reach the College Football Playoff. The Hoosiers had No. 2 defense in the country (256.3 yards per game allowed) and ranked No. 6 scoring defense (15.6 points per game allowed).
Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti hired Haines to be IUP’s defensive line coach in 2014-15.
Outside a brief stint with UC Davis in 2016, Haines has been with Cignetti ever since. He earned the co-defensive coordinator title when Cignetti was hired by JMU in ahead of the 2019 season and took over play-calling responsibilities in 2022.
In each of his four seasons at JMU, the Dukes had a top 10 defense.
He was a finalist for the Broyles Award given out to the nation’s top assistant this year after being named a semifinalist in 2023.
This story will be updated
Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The…
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Author : The Herald-Times
Publish date : 2025-01-26 23:26:00
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