A graduate assistant in 2012 under Kevin Wilson, Haines has returned with Curt Cignetti.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana defensive coordinator Bryant Haines may have come to Bloomington with Curt Cignetti from James Madison, but this isn’t his first Indiana rodeo.
“It’s the buy-in. The culture feels a little bit different this time than last time. I think it was year three for coach Wilson when I got here,” Haines said on Friday when he met the Indiana media. However, with the exception of one season, Haines has been with Cignetti since 2014 when the Indiana head coach was head coach at Indiana of Pennsylvania. Haines has been at every stop along the way. Cignetti, a man who values trust, has put his in Haines almost from day one - to the point where Haines is theHaines’ task in improving the Indiana defense is a tall one. Indiana ranked 85th in total defense in 2023, last among the Big Ten schools of 2024.
“The guys that I brought from JMU, they already know the language, they speak it fluently,” Haines said. “The second is the cultural buy-in. What do we want? We do coach Kuntz and I believe in with our defense? They taught the guys like, this is how we do it,” Haines said. “Naji Logan has flashes, Josh Rudolph has flashes. Jeff Utzinger is a walk-on from Cathedral High School having a good camp. Smart kid. He knows the system well,” Haines added.
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