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Tanya Warren is entering her first season as the head coach of the University of Northern Iowa women's basketball team after being announced as the Panthers' head coach in April. A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Warren has spent the last three years at Creighton serving as associate head coach for the Bluejays. She was previously an assistant at Missouri for three seasons, which followed her first stint as an assistant coach with the Panthers from 1995-2001. Warren, a 1988 graduate of Creighton, returned to her alma mater in 2004. In three seasons with the Bluejays, she helped lead Creighton to a WNIT appearance in 2005. This past season she was part of a Creighton squad that made the championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament before losing to Drake in overtime. Warren was instrumental in helping develop 2007 MVC Newcomer of the Year Megan Neuvirth and all-freshman team member Sam Schuett. During her tenure at Creighton she coached three all-MVC players.
Warren returned to Creighton after a three-year stint as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Missouri (2001-04). The Tigers earned postseason berths in all three seasons Warren spent at Missouri, including a bid to the NCAA tournament in 2004. Warren coached five different all-Big 12 selections at Missouri, and two of her former recruits went on to play in the WNBA. Prior to her three seasons at Missouri, Warren worked as an assistant at UNI for six seasons. She was an instrumental part of the turnaround for the Panthers. She coached current assistant coach Kelley (Westhoff) Jacobs and current graduate manager Amy Swisher. Warren also helped develop several Panther greats, including Allison (Starr) Pohlman, Kary Dawson, Abbi Schutte and Katie Miller. Warren joined former Panther head coach Tony DiCecco when he took over in 1995. The Panthers, who were coming off a four-win season prior to her arrival, improved their win total three of the first four years Warren was at UNI. The turnaround culminated with the school's first-ever postseason berth, a 2001 WNIT bid. Warren's first collegiate coaching experience was at Iowa State, where she helped the Cyclones for one season. Before joining the Cyclones, she spent two seasons as the head girls coach at Duchesne High School in Omaha, Neb. She helped lead Duchesne to their first ever state tournament appearance. Warren's coaching career began with a four-year term as the head girls' coach at Boys Town High School in Omaha. Warren earned several accolades in her four seasons as a player at Creighton. She holds the CU record for assists in a career and a season. Her 228 assists in 1987 ranked 10th nationally, and ranks seventh on Creighton's career scoring chart with 1,566 points. She averaged 18.7 points per game in 1987, and she was named to the WNIT all-tournament team and was a Kodak District V selection that season. Warren's No. 10 jersey is one of two retired numbers as Creighton, and she is also a member of the Creighton University Hall of Fame. Her collegiate career followed an impressive career at Des Moines Lincoln High School, where she eventually was inducted to both the Lincoln High School Hall of Fame and the Iowa High School Girls Hall of Fame.
The Tanya Warren File
Name: Tanya Warren
College Basketball Experience
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