Ed Warinner - Football Coach - Florida Atlantic University Athletics

Ed Warinner

Title:
Run Game Coordinator / Offensive Line

Meet Coach Warinner

Mic'd Up in 2022

At Florida Atlantic

Joined the Owls in February of 2021 with more than 33 years of college coaching experience, including nearly 25 seasons working on the offensive side of the ball
The Owls' line returned the starting five, but saw the insertion of Chaz Neal at RT and Kamaar Bell at RG as well as the emergence of Alex Atcavage
The line provided protection for a run game that included 14 players throughout 2021, with sophomore back Johnny Ford receiving the bulk of the carries with 131 attempts. The Owls averaged 4.2 yards per carry and saw three backs, who had more than 20 carries average better than 4.4 yards per carry
Ford led the backs averaging 6.3 yards per carry
The 2022 season saw the Owls' run game record their first 1,000 yard ball carrier since 2018 and while FAU as a team ran for 184.6 yards
The experienced line was ranked much of the season in fewest sacks allowed and ended the 2022 campaign allowing 18 sacks ranked No. 20 nationally
Brendan Bordner, a graduate transfer earned second team C-USA honors and Nick Weber, who ended his career starting every game at center and holding more games played than any other offensive lineman in program history, earned honorable mention honors
In January of 2023, elevated to associate head coach/run game coordinator and he will continue his attention with the offensive line
Lead a program that was one of nine nationally to use the same starting five throughout the season and mentored second team All-AAC selection Chaz Neal, Marquice Robinson, who saw action in his program record tying 60th game, and center Federico Maranges, who is the only FAU student-athlete to serve as SAAC President for three terms

At Michigan

Served three seasons as Michigan’s offensive line coach
In his first two years with the program, all five starting linemen earned All-Conference recognition, the only Big Ten team with this accomplishment
The unit was led by Jon Runyan (First Team, 2019-20) and Ben Bredeson (Second Team, 2018; first team, 2019). Bredeson also was named the team's Toughest Player in 2018
In Warinner's first year, sacks (23 allowed) and tackles for loss (59 allowed) decreased 36 and 40 percent, respectively, from their totals the year before
The starting offensive line combined for a pass blocking efficiency rating of 97.8
The U-M offense ranked fifth nationally in time of possession and the offense's total output of 5,457 yards ranks fifth all-time in school history
In 2019, the line allowed 25 sacks overall including 14 during Big Ten play (1.6 per game), just one more than the league-leading unit
The unit blocked for Shea Patterson's 3,061-yard passing season, the second-best passing campaign in program history, and for freshman running back Zach Charbonnet's freshman-record 11 rushing touchdowns

At Minnesota

Warinner spent the 2017 season as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator at the University of Minnesota, where he worked with a rushing attack that saw five backs combine for 2,153 yards, led by Rodney Smith's 977
Three of the backs averaged better than 4.5 yards per carry and more than 60 percent of the team's first downs came on the ground
Minnesota finished third in the Big Ten in rushing offense

At Ohio State

Coached five years at Ohio State (2012-16)
His first three seasons were spent as offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator before he was elevated to offensive coordinator in 2015
Was part of the Buckeye staffs that led the team to the 2014 National Championship, a 2015 Fiesta Bowl victory over Notre Dame and the 2016 College Football Playoffs
Helped the Ohio State offense set single-season program records in 11 categories during his tenure, including rushing yards, passing yards, passing touchdowns, yards per play and per game, total points scored and touchdowns per game. Several of the single-season marks also rank as Big Ten records, and several others rank second or third-best all-time at OSU
Offensive lines at Ohio State, which sent numerous players to the NFL, helped the Buckeyes consistently have one of the most potent rushing attacks in the nation
All five offensive line starters in the 2013 Big Ten Championship Game went on to become day one rookie starters in the NFL
Was twice recognized by FootballScoop as the offensive line coach of the year (2012, 2014)
Became the first coach to earn that honor twice as an offensive line coach, and joined Mark Helfrich, Kliff Kingsbury and Philip Montgomery as the only four coaches to earn positional coach honors of the year twice. He was also named a finalist in 2011
His accolades include being named one of the Top 20 'hottest assistant coaches' by Rivals.com in 2012 and one of the Top 25 recruiters by the same site in 2014

At Notre Dame

Spent two seasons at Notre Dame as the offensive line coach (2010) and offensive line coach/run game coordinator (2011), helping the team reach the Hyundai Sun Bowl in his first season and the Champs Sports Bowl in his second year

At Kansas

Held multiple titles in two separate stints at Kansas (2003-04 and 2007-09), including offensive coordinator in his final three seasons and associate head coach in 2009
Helped lead three record-setting offensive units, including the 2007 Jayhawks squad that averaged 479.8 yards and 42.8 points per game en route to a 12-1 record and a FedEx Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech
The program posted three of its seven top-scoring seasons in school history, and the No. 1 season in terms of points per game (2007) and passing yards per game (310.3, 2009)
Was a finalist for the American Football Coaches Association's National Assistant Coach of the Year award following the 2009 season at Kansas

At Illinois

Spent two seasons as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator (2005-06)
Helped the 2006 Illini average a Big Ten best 188.3 rushing yards per game, the team's best mark since 1973, before returning to Kansas

At Air Force

Spent three seasons at Air Force (2000-02) as the offensive line coach, and helped the Falcons lead the nation in rushing his final season with the program, averaging 307.8 yards per game

At Army

Longest coaching stint was at Army, where he spent 13 seasons (1987-99), coaching three different position groups – defensive line, offensive line and quarterbacks – and serving as offensive coordinator during his final two years

At Michigan State

Spent the next two seasons in East Lansing as a linebackers and secondary coach at (1985-86)

At Akron

Began coaching career at Akron in 1984, working with the running backs while earning his master's degree

Playing Career

Warinner attended Franklin High School in Strasburg, Ohio, and went on to earn varsity letters in football and baseball at Mount Union (1979-83)

Coaching Experience

Year	University	Position
1984	Akron	Running Backs
1985-86	Michigan State	Linebackers/Secondary
1987	Army	Centers/Guards
1988-90	Army	Executive Asst./Recruiting
1991	Army	Defensive Line
1992-97	Army	Offensive Line
1998-99	Army	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2000-02	Air Force	Offensive Line
2003	Kansas	Offensive Line
2004	Kansas	Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
2005-06	Illinois	Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
2007-08	Kansas	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2009	Kansas	Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2010	Notre Dame	Offensive Line
2011	Notre Dame	Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
2012-14	Ohio State	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
2015	Ohio State	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
2016	Ohio State	Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends
2017	Minnesota	Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
2018-19	Michigan	Offensive Line
2020	Michigan	Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
2021-22	Florida Atlantic	Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
2023-	Florida Atlantic	Associate Head Coach/Run Game Coordinator/OL

THE WARINNER FILE
Wife: Mary Beth
Children: Daughters, Madisyn and Merideth; Son, Edward
Hometown: Strasburg, Ohio
High School: Franklin High School
Alma Mater: Mount Union, 1984 (secondary education); Akron, 1985 (sports management)