Warriors athletic program has a new leader

Indiana Tech announced on Wednesday that it has named Debra P. Warren as its new athletic director. She will begin her new role on July 20.

“Indiana Tech has a strong commitment to its athletic program and that is what attracted me to the job,” Warren said. “Athletics play a vibrant and positive role in the makeup of this university, and this program is on very solid ground. I am honored to have been chosen for this position, and I am eager to meet the Indiana Tech and Fort Wayne community and get started!”

Warren’s experience in college athletics is bountiful, spanning more than 30 years. She comes to Fort Wayne from Marymount University, where she was athletic director since 2010. The NCAA Division III school in Arlington, Virginia, has nearly 3,600 students and fields 17 athletic teams.

Prior to that, Warren was AD at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York (2005-10), and Chowan University, Murfreesboro, North Carolina (2002-05). She was the interim Title IX coordinator at Marymount, the director of aquatic sports at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and served on four NCAA Championship Committees.

“Athletics are extremely important to our school, and right now, there is a momentum attached to the program,” said Indiana Tech President Arthur E. Snyder. “It was important that we choose the right person to continue that forward progress and we accomplished that with the hiring of Debbie Warren. She brings a wealth of sound experience to our athletic program and I am confident she will do great things at Tech.”

Warren replaces Martin Neuhoff, who retired as Indiana Tech’s athletic director on May 1.