Demario Warren - Football Coach - Boise State University Athletics

Demario Warren

Title:
Cornerbacks / Special Teams Assistant
Email:
Broncofootball@boisestate.edu

Demario Warren joined Boise State as the cornerbacks coach starting with the 2022 season.

In his first three years with the Broncos, Warren has helped them win back-to-back Mountain West championships (2023, 2024) and reach the 2024 College Football Playoff Quarterfinals.

The 2023 season saw Warren lead a Bronco corners squad that ranked 22nd in the nation in fourth down defense (.417) and a red zone defense that ranked 46th nationally and second in the Mountain West. A’Marion McCoy, guided by Warren, led the team with three interceptions on the year, ranking 50th in the country and fifth in the MW in just his first season at the FBS level.

In his first year on The Blue, Warren led a cornerback unit that ranked 14th in the nation and led the MW with 15 interceptions while ranking eighth in the country in team pass efficiency defense.

Warren spent the previous 14 seasons at Southern Utah, including the final six as head coach, leading the Thunderbirds to their second Big Sky Conference Championship in school history in 2017, and the program’s third all-time appearance in the Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs.

SUU concluded 2017 ranked No. 13 in the FCS Coaches Poll and No. 14 in the STATS FCS Top 25, the highest rankings in school history. Warren was named AFCA Region 5 Coach of the Year and Co-Coach of the Year in the Big Sky Conference following the season.

Prior to becoming head coach of the T-Birds, Warren spent the 2014-15 seasons as defensive coordinator for SUU, producing one of the top defensive units in the FCS. From 2008-13, Warren served as defensive backs coach.

Southern Utah led the Big Sky Conference with 20 interceptions in 2016, Warren’s first season as head coach, and in 2015, Warren’s final year as defensive coordinator before being promoted to head coach, nine of the T-Birds’ 11 defensive starters earned All-Big Sky honors as Southern Utah led the nation in turnover margin en route to the first Big Sky Championship in school history.

In 2011, with Warren mentoring SUU’s defensive backs, the Thunderbirds concluded the season ranked 19th nationally in pass defense (178.18).

Warren initially joined the Southern Utah staff as a running backs coach, but made the move to defense during the spring of 2008.

He began his career at UC Davis, where he was a three-year letterwinner at running back before injuries cut short his playing career during his senior season. A native of Fairfield, California, Warren prepped at Fairfield High School, where he was a four-sport letterman.

He earned his bachelor's degree in African-American studies from UC Davis and went on to earn his Master's of Business Administration.

Warren and his wife, Amanda, are the parents of five children - Demario, Jr., Jazelle, Daylee, Lennox and Kamilo.