Warren Giese

Warren Giese
Giese as Maryland assistant in 1949
Member of the South Carolina Senate
from the 22nd district
In office
1985–2003
Preceded byunknown
Succeeded byJoel Lourie
Personal details
Born(1924-07-14)July 14, 1924
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedSeptember 12, 2013(2013-09-12) (aged 89)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Oklahoma
Coaching career
Playing career
1942Milwaukee State Teachers
1943Central Michigan
1944Miami NTC
1945Jacksonville NAS
1946Oklahoma
1947Central Michigan
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1949–1955Maryland (ends)
1956–1960South Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1956–1960South Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall28–21–1

Warren E. Giese (July 14, 1924 – September 12, 2013) was an American state legislator in South Carolina and a college football coach. He served as the head football coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks for five years at the University of South Carolina. He later served in the South Carolina State Senate.

At South Carolina, Giese employed a conservative, run-first game strategy, but he enthusiastically adopted the two-point conversion when it was made legal in 1958. That year, he also correctly predicted the rise of special teams after the NCAA relaxed its player substitution rules.[1]