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CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Dave Warner, who has compiled over two decades of offensive football coaching experience, has been named quarterbacks coach at the University of Cincinnati.
"Dave is an individual I have coached with in the past, and someone who I have the utmost respect for as a coach and as a person," stated UC head coach Mark Dantonio. "He has a tremendous amount of experience at coaching offense at the Division I level, and has ties to the BIG EAST Conference as a player and a coach."
Warner, who most recently served two seasons as wide receivers coach at Southern Miss (2003-04), has been a quarterbacks coach, passing game coordinator or offensive coordinator for 19 years.
"I am excited for this opportunity to work again with Coach Dantonio and be a part of this up-and-coming program," stated Warner. "I am impressed with this staff and the direction that UC is going."
Warner previously served for two seasons as passing game coordinator at Houston (2001-02), was offensive coordinator at Connecticut (1999-00), passing game coordinator at Wyoming (1998) and quarterbacks coach at Bucknell (1997). He spent nine seasons as quarterbacks coach at Kansas (1988-96), where he and Dantonio served together, and spent four seasons--two as quarterbacks coach--at Kent State (1984-97).
A three-year letterwinner as a quarterback at Syracuse, Warner concluded his playing career ranked seventh in career passing yards (2,593) and was a member of the 1979 team that won the Independence Bowl. Upon graduation in 1982, he began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for the Orange, working with the quarterbacks and offensive backs.
He has coached in four bowl games: the 2004 New Orleans and 2003 Liberty Bowls while at Southern Miss, and the 1992 and 1995 Aloha Bowls while at Kansas.
Among Warner's top quarterback products is Kansas' Chip Hilleary, who became only the second player in Big Eight Conference history to rush for over 1,000 yards and pass for more than 4,000 yards. At Wyoming, he developed a passing attack that was ranked third in the Western Athletic Conference.