University of Northern Iowa Athletics
Warren Awarded Two-Year Contract Extension
4/2/2019 2:40:00 PM | Women's Basketball
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI Director of Athletics David Harris today announced a two-year contract extension for Panther women's basketball head coach Tanya Warren. The new contract extends through the 2024-25 season.
"We are pleased that Tanya will continue leading our women's basketball program well into the next decade," Harris said. "Her record speaks for itself. Her teams consistently excel on the court, in the classroom and in the community. Her passion for the game and the student-athletes is unquestioned. She is a great representative of UNI, and we are excited for her to continue to lead Panther basketball into the future."
Warren is the winningest coach in UNI women's basketball history and has led the Panthers to postseason play nine of the last 10 seasons, including a WNIT appearance in 2018-19. UNI also played in the MVC semifinals for the fifth consecutive season.
"I am extremely blessed to be surrounded by an amazing staff and tremendous student-athletes," Warren said. "I am thankful to David, (Senior Associate AD) Christina Roybal and President Mark Nook for continuing to entrust this program to me and I look forward to leading UNI women's basketball for years to come."
The Panthers posted the sixth 20-win season in program history despite missing two All-MVC players in Megan Maahs and Ellie Howell for much of the season.
Warren has two regular-season Missouri Valley Conference titles and two MVC tournament titles on her resume. She was the named the MVC coach of the year in 2016, 2014 and 2011.
Warren was named the head coach before the 2008-09 season. Every Panther team for the past 11 seasons has finished the season with a record better than .500 in MVC play. Additionally, every team for the past 10 seasons has won 17 games or more, the longest streak in MVC men's or women's basketball. She has a career record of 225-166, including a record of 142-63 in the MVC.
"We are pleased that Tanya will continue leading our women's basketball program well into the next decade," Harris said. "Her record speaks for itself. Her teams consistently excel on the court, in the classroom and in the community. Her passion for the game and the student-athletes is unquestioned. She is a great representative of UNI, and we are excited for her to continue to lead Panther basketball into the future."
Warren is the winningest coach in UNI women's basketball history and has led the Panthers to postseason play nine of the last 10 seasons, including a WNIT appearance in 2018-19. UNI also played in the MVC semifinals for the fifth consecutive season.
"I am extremely blessed to be surrounded by an amazing staff and tremendous student-athletes," Warren said. "I am thankful to David, (Senior Associate AD) Christina Roybal and President Mark Nook for continuing to entrust this program to me and I look forward to leading UNI women's basketball for years to come."
The Panthers posted the sixth 20-win season in program history despite missing two All-MVC players in Megan Maahs and Ellie Howell for much of the season.
Warren has two regular-season Missouri Valley Conference titles and two MVC tournament titles on her resume. She was the named the MVC coach of the year in 2016, 2014 and 2011.
Warren was named the head coach before the 2008-09 season. Every Panther team for the past 11 seasons has finished the season with a record better than .500 in MVC play. Additionally, every team for the past 10 seasons has won 17 games or more, the longest streak in MVC men's or women's basketball. She has a career record of 225-166, including a record of 142-63 in the MVC.
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