Coach Dante Warren rejoined the University of South Dakota Coyotes in the summer of 2018 as the Runningbacks Coach. He played a similar role at Augustana College in 2016 and 2017 when he served as a graduate assistant while pursuing a master’s degree in sports administration and management.
Warren began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach at North Chicago High School in 2012. Following his year in the IFL, he became the offensive coordinator at Zion Benton Township High School in Zion, Illinois, in 2014. Warren was also responsible for the strength and conditioning duties with the football program at Zion Benton. He was a teacher’s aide at Zion Benton Alternative Program, teaching history and English.
Warren will live in South Dakota Coyote lore as the quarterback for perhaps the most significant victory in USD football history – a 41-38 win against the Minnesota Gophers in 2010, just three years after the Coyotes’ began their transition to the Division I level. Warren passed for a career-high 352 yards, ran for 81, and accounted five touchdowns in the win. He would go on to earn all-conference honors that year and was a two-year starter at the position. Warren remains the sixth-leading passer in Coyote history with 4,361 yards.
Following his collegiate career at USD, Warren played one season in the Indoor Football League for the Tri-Cities Fever. He threw for 1,472 yards and 28 touchdowns while rushing for 654 yards and 25 scores in his only season with Tri-Cities.
