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Hall of Fame College Football Coach Frank Cignetti Sr. Has Died

Longtime college football coach Frank Cignetti Sr. died on Saturday, his son Curt announced on Twitter.

Cignetti spent 24 years as a college football head coach, first for four years at West Virginia from 1976 to ’79 then for 20 years at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His record at IUP was 182-50-1, with 10 Division II Lambert Cups, and he currently sits as one of the 50 winningest coaches in college football history. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013.

Cignetti kept football in the family with his sons. His oldest son, Frank Cignetti Jr.