Track and Field
Bye, Warren
Warren Bye
- Title:
- Administrative Assistant
- Email:
- jwbye@iu.edu
- Phone:
- (812) 855-8583
Warren Bye will take over the role as Director of Operations for the Hoosiers while serving as a recruiting coordinator on the track side and an assistant coach for the multis.
Indiana (2022-pres.)
In addition to his operations and recruiting roles, Bye has aided in the development Max Grangier and Garrett Messer in the combined events at the beginning of the 2023-24 season.
The duo both held top 10 marks in the men's Heptathlon in the 2024 indoor season. Messer finished eighth overall with 5,003 points to score his first individual team point for the Hoosiers. Grangier finished 10th with 4867 points, just missing the podium.
In the outdoor portion of the season, Messer broke through the outdoor top-10 list at Big Ten Championships with a sixth-place finish with 6,956 points after setting five personal bests. Grangier totaled 6,797 points to finish ninth at the conference championships. He set six personal bests in different events.
Prior to Indiana
After stops at Louisville, South Florida and Lipscomb, Bye returned to his alma mater in 2022 and worked directly in coordinating team travel, team meals, gear orders and other day-to-day operations.
Bye began his coaching journey at IU as a volunteer assistant from 1996-98 before working six years at Louisville beginning in the fall of 1998. At Louisville he coached the sprints, hurdles, jumps and combined events before being elevated to the title of Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach from 2002-04.
For 13 years, Bye served as the head coach of South Florida, helping to maintain a women's roster of 75 athletes and implementing the men's indoor track and field program. He helped host Big East, AAC and NCAA East Prelims meets while coaching 22 All-Americans and 44 conference champions.
From 2019-2021, Bye worked at Lipscomb as the assistant coach for sprints and hurdles before joining IU's staff in 2022.
Indiana (2022-pres.)
In addition to his operations and recruiting roles, Bye has aided in the development Max Grangier and Garrett Messer in the combined events at the beginning of the 2023-24 season.
The duo both held top 10 marks in the men's Heptathlon in the 2024 indoor season. Messer finished eighth overall with 5,003 points to score his first individual team point for the Hoosiers. Grangier finished 10th with 4867 points, just missing the podium.
In the outdoor portion of the season, Messer broke through the outdoor top-10 list at Big Ten Championships with a sixth-place finish with 6,956 points after setting five personal bests. Grangier totaled 6,797 points to finish ninth at the conference championships. He set six personal bests in different events.
Prior to Indiana
After stops at Louisville, South Florida and Lipscomb, Bye returned to his alma mater in 2022 and worked directly in coordinating team travel, team meals, gear orders and other day-to-day operations.
Bye began his coaching journey at IU as a volunteer assistant from 1996-98 before working six years at Louisville beginning in the fall of 1998. At Louisville he coached the sprints, hurdles, jumps and combined events before being elevated to the title of Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach from 2002-04.
For 13 years, Bye served as the head coach of South Florida, helping to maintain a women's roster of 75 athletes and implementing the men's indoor track and field program. He helped host Big East, AAC and NCAA East Prelims meets while coaching 22 All-Americans and 44 conference champions.
From 2019-2021, Bye worked at Lipscomb as the assistant coach for sprints and hurdles before joining IU's staff in 2022.
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