The inevasible happen. Tom Allen was relieved of his contract with close to $20 million as part of the University’s obligation to buy him out before his contract came due.
Allen had a 33-49 overall record (18-43 in the Big Ten) with two bowl appearances in seven seasons.
The athletic department will have to pay a $20.8 million buyout to Allen, among the highest ever recorded for a college football coach, but the growing concern behind the scenes was that it was hard to see a scenario where Allen regained the momentum he had coming off two straight bowl appearances in 2019 and 2020.
Indiana is one of only four Power Five programs with fewer than 10 wins since 2021 (Vanderbilt, Colorado and Stanford).
The Hoosiers had a 3-25 record in the Big Ten the last three seasons, the worst among member schools. Vanderbilt is the only Power Five school with fewer conference wins (two) and wins against Power Five opponents (two) than the Hoosiers during that stretch.
Former Indiana coach Kevin Wilson originally hired Allen to be his defensive coordinator in 2016. Allen spearheaded a remarkable turnaround for a group that gave up 509.5 yards (ranked No. 121 out of 128 FBS teams) and 37.6 points per game (No. 117) the year before he arrived.
The Hoosiers allowed 380.1 yards and 27.2 points in Allen’s lone season as coordinator.
Update
In early January Allen was hired by Penn State University signing a three year contract as their Defensive Coordinator.
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