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By Michael Gallagher
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Just hours after winning the first national championship in school history, the Indiana Hoosiers lost a member of their coaching staff.
Indiana knocked off Miami 27-23 thanks to a 12-yard Fernando Mendoza touchdown run in the fourth quarter that put the game out of reach.
It capped a perfect 16-0, marking a program record for single-season wins and just the second time IU has finished a season undefeated (9-0-1, 1945).
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But as head coach Curt Cignetti heads into his third offseason with the program, and his first as a national champion, he has a hole on his coaching staff to fill.
According to Austin Price of On3, the Tennessee Volunteers are hiring Indiana director of athletic performance Derek Owings, replacing Kurt Schmidt, who Tennessee parted ways with after this season.
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“Owings and (UT head coach Josh) Heupel have some history together having worked with each other at UCF in 2018,” Price reported.
“He and his family will board a plane bound for Rocky Top in two hours this morning in Miami just hours after the Hoosiers defeated Miami for the top prize in the sport. He is set to be introduced to the team just before lunch today.”
Owings has spent the last six years working under Cignetti — two at Indiana and four previously at James Madison.
During that stretch, the teams Owings was a part of compiled a 64-9 record and boasted more than 25 All-America selections.
This year, the Hoosiers had three All-America players — linebacker Aiden Fisher (first-team), and defensive tackle Mikail Kamara and defensive back D’Angelo Ponds (both second-teamers).
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