Tanya Warren

Biography

Tanya Warren finished her 18th season as the head coach of the UNI Panther women’s basketball team in the 2024-25 season. Warren is a three-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year and guided the Panthers to league regular season titles in 2011 and 2016. She was the first black female head coach in UNI history and the first black female head coach in Missouri Valley Conference basketball history. Warren, the dean of MVC women’s basketball coaches, enters year 19 with a record of 339-244, ranking her both UNI’s and the MVC’s all-time winningest coach. Under her direction, the Panthers have appeared in postseason play in 14 of the last 15 full seasons (excluding 2019-20 because of COVID restrictions) including back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths in 2010 and 2011. She led the Panthers to all of the program’s first nine postseason victories including a run to the 2021 Women’s National Invitation Tournament semifinals. With Warren leading the way, the Panthers have also won two MVC tournament championships (2010, 2011). The 2024-25 season saw the biggest win in program history, the Panthers' first top-10 victory after an 87-75 win over no. 8 Iowa State inside the McLeod Center. the season also held a pair of team records set including total points and field goals made while the Panthers had the second-highest scoring average and third-most steals. A number of individuals crested milestones including Kayba Laube recording her 1,000th point and setting the career three-poin