▁California . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁ ▁Warren ▁was ▁the ▁young est ▁of ▁two ▁children , ▁with ▁brother ▁Bill , ▁born ▁to ▁his ▁mother ▁Joseph ine ▁and ▁his ▁father ▁George , ▁a ▁former ▁senior ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁a ▁sav ings ▁and ▁loan ▁bank . ▁Warren ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Pacific ▁Beach , ▁a ▁coast al ▁community ▁of ▁San ▁Diego , ▁and ▁graduated ▁from ▁Mission ▁Bay ▁High ▁School . ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁gradu ate ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Southern ▁California ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁account ing , ▁and ▁then ▁served ▁three ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Army . ▁At ▁US C , ▁he ▁played ▁water ▁pol o ▁and ▁sw am ▁on ▁three ▁NCAA ▁championship ▁sw imming ▁teams . ▁ ▁Business ▁and ▁sports ▁care ers ▁ ▁After ▁serving ▁in ▁the ▁Army , ▁Warren ▁opened ▁T ug ' s ▁Ta vern , ▁a ▁sports ▁bar ▁and ▁restaurant ▁in ▁San ▁Diego ’ s ▁Pacific ▁Beach ▁that ▁he ▁owned ▁for ▁ 1 7 ▁years . ▁The ▁bar , ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁spons ored ▁the ▁annual ▁T ug ' s ▁Sw im - Run - Sw im , ▁an ▁early ▁mult is port ▁event ▁that ▁included ▁a ▁half - mile ▁sw im ▁around ▁Cry stal ▁Pier ▁in ▁Pacific ▁Beach , ▁a ▁ 5 - mile ▁run ▁on ▁the ▁sand ▁from ▁the ▁pier ▁to ▁the ▁Mission ▁Beach ▁jet ty ▁and ▁back , ▁and ▁another ▁half - mile ▁sw im ▁around ▁the ▁pier . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁second ▁Iron man ▁in ▁ 1