Hall of Famer Ty Warren brings championship pedigree and defensive dominance from college and NFL ranks to Mississippi State's defensive front.
Texas A&M fans have another name to track on SEC sidelines as former Aggies star and Texas A&M Sports Hall of Famer Ty Warren is officially back, this time heading to Starkville.
Mississippi State head coach Jeff Lebby announced Sunday that Warren has been hired as the Bulldogs' defensive line coach, adding an NFL-tested body of work and an up-and-coming developer to the staff.
Warren arrives at Mississippi State after spending the 2025 season at Rice as defensive run game coordinator and defensive line coach, and he's already built momentum on the college side with a two-year run at Stephen F. Austin that turned heads.
At SFA, Warren helped engineer a dramatic defensive jump, most notably, the Lumberjacks vaulted from 98th to 6th nationally in scoring defense in the FCS in 2024, along with major gains in rushing defense, tackles for loss, third-down defense, and red-zone defense.
For Aggies, the name recognition is real. A Bryan, Texas native, Warren was a four-year letterman at Texas A&M (1999–2002) and a key piece of the Aggies' "Wrecking Crew" era, earning two All-Big 12 honors before later being inducted into the A&M Sports Hall of Fame.
Then came the Sundays.
Warren was the No. 13 overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, won two Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, and earned first-team All-Pro recognition in 2007.
Mississippi State's official announcement leaned hard into what this hire is supposed to bring - edge, detail, and credibility - while Warren made it clear the fit is about toughness and building. "A standard of toughness and effort that fits who I am as a coach," Warren said in the release.
Warren's career arc has been trending upward, and now he’s stepping onto an SEC stage with a bigger spotlight and likely the most talent he's coached up front. If he's the same kind of problem as a coach that he was as a player, Starkville just got a lot more annoying for opposing offensive lines.