No. 1 Indiana is keeping defensive coordinator Bryant Haines after he agreed to a new contract that will make him one of the highest-paid assistant coaches in the nation, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the athletic department has not made a formal announcement. Haines made $2.1 million this season, and this deal, the person said, will include a significant pay raise.

Haines has been one of coach Curt Cignetti's mainstays. He has followed Cignetti from Indiana University-Pennsylvania to Elon and then to James Madison and Indiana.

It's the second major new deal that school officials have announced in two months. Cignetti signed an eight-year contract extension worth $93 million in O

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