Football
- Title:
- Defensive Run Game Coordinator/Defensive Line
- Email:
- football@rice.edu
Ty Warren joined Scott Abell’s staff in January of 2025 as the Owls’ defensive run game coordinator and defensive line coach.
Warren joined the Owls after two seasons at SFA, where he was the Lumberjacks’ assistant head coach, defensive run game coordinator, and defensive line assistant.
Warren joined the SFA staff in April 2023 and helped recruit the first two classes ranked among the top 10 at the FCS level.
In 2024, SFA had one of the top defenses in the FCS, improving from 98th to sixth in scoring defense, 110th to 20th in rushing defense (118 yds per game), 40th to a tie for third in tackles for loss (92), 64th to fifth in third down conversion defense (29.2) and 37th to fourth in red zone defense (.676). The Lumberjacks went from 3-8 to 7-5, with their five losses coming by a combined 32 points, closing with a 32-19 win over #11 Abilene Christian.
A native of Bryan, Texas, Warren was a four-year letterman (1999-02) at Texas A&M as a standout on the Aggies’ Wrecking Crew defense under head coach R. C. Slocum and defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz. He was an All-Big Twelve honoree twice as NT and DE and was ultimately named to the Texas A&M Sports Hall of Fame.
He was the 13th player taken in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft by New England and played in three Super Bowls with the Patriots, winning two, Including Super Bowl XXXVIII at NRG Stadium in Houston
He was named first-team All-Pro by the Pro Football Writers in 2007 and a team captain that same year. He was honored with the Ron Burton Community Service Award and Boston Humanitarian Award and named to the Patriots’ All-Decade and All-Dynasty teams. He concluded his career with two seasons with the Denver Broncos (2011-12).
He retired from the NFL in 2012 and began his coaching career in 2019 when he was named head coach and campus director at Somerville High School before joining the Detroit Lions through the William Clay Ford Minority Coaching Assistantship. The following season, he joined head coach Matt Patricia as a defensive assistant, working with defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni and defensive line coach Bo Davis.
In the fall of 2021, he returned to his alma mater, interning under Dr. John Thornton at the Texas A&M University Coaching Academy & R.O.C.K. Program. He assisted and mentored young, inspiring graduates pursuing High School coaching opportunities.
In addition to his time at SFA, Warren has continued to gain additional coaching experience in the spring professional leagues as well in NFL training camps through the league’s Bill Walsh Internship initiative.
Warren coached under Kevin Sumlin on the USFL’s Houston Gamblers in 2022, serving as the defensive run/pass rush game coordinator. Led by USFL Defensive Player of Year Chris Odom and All-USFL selections Domenique Davis and Tomasi Laulile, the Gamblers’ defense ranked the top in the USFL and all three players were signed to NFL training camps.
That fall, Warren was with the New Orleans Saints as part of the Bill Walsh Internship initiative working under head coach Dennis Allen, and co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach Ryan Neilson.
In the spring of 2023, he was the co-defensive coordinator and d-line coach for the Orlando Guardians in the XFL where he drafted Caeveon Patton out of Texas State and developed him into an all-league selection who went on to earn a spot in the Atlanta Falcons’ training camp.
Prior to the opening of SFA”s fall camp in 2024, Warren spent time under head coach Brian Daboll, defensive coordinator Shane Bowen and defensive line coach Dre Patterson during the New York Giants training camp as part of the Walsh initiative.
Warren and wife Kesha are parents to daughters Brionna, Brielle, Bailey, Brooklyn, Braylee, & Brilee (Angel
