Derek Warehime Hometown: Stillwater, Okla. Position: Tight Ends Experience: First Year Alma Mater: Tulsa '06

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Helped lead Sam Houston State to 2011 FCS national championship game.
• Coached an offensive line that helped the Bearkats rush for 255.9 yards per game and 46 TDs - the TDs ranking second in the FCS in '11.
• Was a four-year starting center at Tulsa and first-team All-Western Athletic Conference performer his senior season.

Derek Warehime enters his first season with the University of New Mexico, after a two-year stint as offensive line coach at Sam Houston State. He coached with current Lobo offensive coordinator and former Bearkats OC Bob DeBesse the last two seasons.

SHSU had the No. 6 rushing offense in the Football Championship Subdivision in 2011, averaging 255.9 yards per game. The Bearkats had averaged nearly 40 points per game. Tim Flanders ranked 17^th in the Football Championship Subdivision with 1,644 yards, and teammate Richard Sincere added 979. Quarterback Brian Bell threw for 2,069 yards.

In Warehime's first season, the Kats led the Southland Conference in rushing offense and had three players earn all-league honors. Running back Tim Flanders was named as the Southland's "Newcomer-of-the-Year."

Warehime worked two seasons as offensive line and tight ends coach and strength and conditioning coordinator at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. He was the Boll Weevils' offensive coordinator in 2009.

UAM led the Gulf South Conference in total offense (499.3 yards per game) and rushing offense (244.4). UAM quarterback Scott Buisson was 2008 GSC Player of the Year, and Joe Wilson and Jon Meadows earned All-GSC honors as offensive linemen.

Warehime spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Rice University from 2006-07. He worked with the offensive line and served as the team's assistant video coordinator. The Owls made their first postseason appearance in 45 years at the New Orleans bowl, were runners-up in the Conference USA West Division and set 40 offensive school records.

Warehime spent the 2005 season at his alma mater, the University of Tulsa, where he was a student assistant with the offensive line. The Golden Hurricane won the 2005 Conference USA football championship and defeated Fresno State in the Liberty Bowl.

Warehime started 34 games as center for Tulsa (2001-04). He played on Tulsa's 7-4 Humanitarian Bowl squad in 2003 and was named as a first-team All-Western Athletic Conference selection his senior year in 2004.

Following his collegiate career, Warehime spent one season playing professional football with the Arena Football League's Tulsa Talons, where he was a member of the 2005 Western Division Champions.

Warehime is a 2006 graduate of the University of Tulsa with a bachelor's degree in history and education. Warehime played high school football at Choctaw High School in Midwest City, Okla. He was a three-year, starting all three seasons at offensive guard and his final two years at defensive tackle as well.

He and his wife Kelly are the parents of two daughters, Kaysen and Kylee.

The Warehime File

Hometown: Stillwater, Okla.
Birthdate: Jan. 6, 1983
Family: wife Kelly; daughters Kaysen, Kylee
Education: B.S., history, education - Tulsa, 2006
Playing Experience: Tulsa 2001-04, Tulsa Talons (Arena Football League) 2005

Bowl game: 2003 Humanitarian Bowl

Coaching experience:
2010-11 Sam Houston State (offensive line)
2009 Arkansas-Monticello (offensive coordinator)
2008 Arkansas-Monticello (offensive line, tight ends, strength and conditioning coordinator)
2006-07 Rice (graduate assistant, assistant video coordinator)
2005 Tulsa (offensive line student assistant)

Postseason: 2011 FCS Championship, 2006 New Orleans Bowl, 2005 Liberty Bowl

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