The name Mike Shanahan conjures pictures of multiple generations of NFL coaching. However, the Indiana football offensive coordinator to coach Curt Cignetti is not related to those Shanahans.

IU's Mike Shanahan played wide receiver at Pitt, where he was also a graduate assistant for two years before joining Cignetti's staff at all four of his stops, from Division II Indiana -Pennsylvania (IUP), to FCS Elon, to FBS James Madison .

Under Shanahan, Indiana averaged 41.3 points, 261.3 yards passing and 165.1 yards rushing per game in 2024 on the way to the College Football Playoff . In 2025, IU averaged 45.4 points, 264.0 passing yards and 230.5 rushing yards through its first eight games.

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