{{short description|Canadian football coach}} {{Infobox CFL biography | name = Warren Craney | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = February 29, 1968 | birth_place = Kirkland, Quebec<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/2010/05/08/york_lions_pick_a_winner_in_new_head_coach_warren_craney.html|title=York Lions pick a winner in new head coach Warren Craney|work=The Star|date=May 8, 2010}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | team = | number = | status = | position1 = | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | CIS = | coaching_years1 = 1997–1999 | coaching_team1 = Vanier Cheetahs (DC) | coaching_years2 = 2000–2002 | coaching_team2 = Concordia Stingers (DLC) | coaching_years3 = 2003–2009 | coaching_team3 = Concordia Stingers (DC) | coaching_years4 = 2010–2022 | coaching_team4 = York Lions (HC) | career_highlights = * 2x IFAF U-19 World Cup champion (2012, 2016) | awards = | honours = }}

'''Warren Craney''' is the former head coach for York University's football team, the York Lions, a position he held from the 2010 to 2022.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://yorkulions.ca/sports/football/roster/coaches/warren-craney/798|title=Warren Craney bio|publisher=York Lions|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref><ref name="2010 Preview">{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2010/08/26/cis-preview-york-lions/|title=CIS preview:York Lion|publisher=Canadian Football League|date=August 26, 2010|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref> He has also been a coach for the Canada national football junior team, winning a gold medal as the team's defensive coordinator in 2012 and winning the championship as the team's head coach in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goravens.ca/news/2015/09/steve-sumarah-to-succeed-warren-craney-as-junior-national-team-head-coach-in-2017/|title=Steve Sumarah appointed as successor to Canadian Junior National Team Head Coach in 2017|publisher=Carleton Ravens|date=September 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballcanada.com/team-canada/junior-national-team/2016-junior-national-team/coaching-staff/|title=Warren Craney, head coach and defensive coordinator – York University|publisher=Football Canada|access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref> Prior to his time with York, he was the defensive coordinator for the Concordia Stingers.<ref name=bio/>

==Personal life== Craney and his wife, Cara, have five children.<ref name=bio/>

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== External links == * [https://yorkulions.ca/sports/football/roster/coaches/warren-craney/798 York Lions bio] *{{Twitter|CoachCraney|Warren Craney}}

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