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Vikings COO Kevin Warren earns Texas Southern University Pioneer Award

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 12:26 p.m. ET

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The inaugural Texas Southern University Pioneer Award has been awarded to Minnesota Vikings chief operating officer Kevin Warren.

In 2005, the Minnesota Vikings promoted Kevin Warren to the position of chief operating officer. At that point, he became the highest ranked African-American on the business side of an NFL franchise.

This achievement has not gone unnoticed. Recently, Texas Southern University worked with Washington Redskins senior vice president of communications Tony Wylie to create the Pioneer Award, which was awarded to Warren on Saturday, February 4, 2017.

Announcing the award on the official Minnesota Vikings website, COO Kevin Warren spoke about the honor.

While the award itself and the prestige that comes with it is fantastic, this honor holds a special place in the heart of Warren considering the university and its contributions to society.

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Tony Wylie was one of the driving forces to create this award and ensure that a quality individual would be the first recipient. Wylie had nothing but kind things to say about Warren, Texas Southern University, and the Pioneer award.

Congratulations to Kevin Warren on earning this immense honor from Texas Southern University and to the Minnesota Vikings on promoting a well-deserving individual to the chief operating officer position in their organization.

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