Mekhi Ware was elevated to the secondary coach in January of 2025 after he spent a year as the Bulldogs cornerbacks coach. Ware came from Midwestern State University where he served as graduate assistant defensive back coach in 2023. A varsity defensive back coach at Culver City High School in Culver City, Calf. in 2022, Ware served as a defensive player assistant at Indiana State in the spring of 2022.
Ware was a starting cornerback during his collegiate career at Indiana State from 2017-2021, and made six solo tackles and eight total tackles against Southern Illinois in his senior season, where he also broke up two passes for the Sycamores. In 2019, Ware broke up 11 passes and finished among the top-10 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in pass deflections.
