Criss Beyers Steps Down as Warren Central Boys Basketball Coach Again

Criss Beyers has resigned as Warren Central's head boys basketball coach for the second time, closing a coaching career that included one of the most dominant seasons in Indiana high school basketball history.

Beyers said he made the decision before the 2025-26 season even began. "Time to do some other things," he said, adding that he has no plans to continue coaching. The Warriors finished 6-16 this season, falling 58-50 to Lawrence Central in the Sectional 10 semifinals to end Beyers' second tenure on a difficult note.

The resignation stands in stark contrast to the peak of his first run with the program. Beyers led Warren Central to an undefeated Class 4A state championship in 2018, finishing 32-0 and defeating Carmel 54-48 in the title game. That team remains one of the few to complete an unbeaten season in modern Indiana 4A basketball. He coached the Warriors from 2015 through 2019 before leaving for a four-season stint at Franklin Central, then returned to Warren Central in 2023.

Across 12 seasons as a high school head coach, Beyers compiled a 168-119 overall record, posting winning records in all but his first and final seasons. Before becoming a head coach, he developed under J.R. Holmes at Bloomington South, where Holmes built the all-time Indiana high school basketball wins record.

Warren Central is now the second Class 4A job in Central Indiana to open since the end of the season. Zach Hahn stepped down after 12 seasons at Center Grove last week, creating back-to-back vacancies in one of the state's most competitive coaching markets. The Warriors will begin a search for Beyers' replacement coming off a rebuilding year, with the program seeking to recapture the form that made the 2018 squad a benchmark for Indiana's largest classification.