Frank Cignetti
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- Seasons coached
- 30
- First season
- 1970
- Teams
- 2
Career
3 stints
- 1970–1975West VirginiaAssistant Coach
- 1976–1979West VirginiaHead Coach
- 1986–2005IUPHead Coach
Coaching tree
1 mentor, 10 protégés, 7 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
12
- 1986Hal HunterMentored · IUP
- 1986–1989Jack HenryMentored · IUP
- 1979Gary TranquillMentored · West Virginia
- 1978–1979Jack HenryMentored · West Virginia
- 1978–1979Nick SabanMentored · West Virginia
- 1978–1979Steve DunlapMentored · West Virginia
- 1977Jim BatesMentored · West Virginia
- 1977Tommy BowdenMentored · West Virginia
- 1976–1977Joe PendryMentored · West Virginia
- 1976–1977Mike WorkingMentored · West Virginia
- 1976–1979Rick TrickettMentored · West Virginia
- 1970–1975Bobby BowdenCoached under · West Virginia
Succeeded
6
- 2006Lou TepperSucceeded by · IUP
- 1986George ChaumpSucceeded · IUP
- 1980Don NehlenSucceeded by · West Virginia
- 1979Doc HollidaySucceeded by · West Virginia
- 1976Bobby BowdenSucceeded · West Virginia
- 1970Jack HenrySucceeded · West Virginia
Tenure
30 seasons
- IUPHead coach · 1986–200520
- West VirginiaPosition coach · 1970–19756
- West VirginiaHead coach · 1976–19794
Pipeline
2 of 3 coordinators
- 7 seasonsJoe Pendryunder at West Virginia 1976 · head coach at Pittsburgh Maulers1984
- 3 seasonsGary Tranquillunder at West Virginia 1979 · head coach at Navy1982
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Frank Cignetti. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.