Vincent Dancy is an American college football coach. He is the defensive ends coach for the University of Colorado Boulder, a position he has held since 2024. He was the head football coach for Mississippi Valley State University from 2018 to 2022. He also coached for Jackson State—his alma mater—and Paine.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive ends coach |
| Team | Colorado |
| Conference | Pac-12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Jackson State University |
| Playing career | |
| 2002–2005 | Jackson State |
| Position(s) | Linebacker, safety |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009–2011 | Jackson State (GA) |
| 2012–2013 | Jackson State (S) |
| 2014 | Paine (DC) |
| 2015–2017 | Mississippi Valley State (DC) |
| 2018–2022 | Mississippi Valley State |
| 2023 | Colorado (DQC) |
| 2024–present | Colorado (DE) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–38 |
Early years
editDancy played football at Jackson State, where he was an All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) performer.[1]
Coaching career
editDancy was the defensive coordinator for one season at Paine College before joining Rick Comegy's staff at Mississippi Valley State University in 2015.[2]
Dancy was named the interim head coach at Mississippi Valley State on November 20, 2017, when the university announced they would not renew Comegy's contract.[3][4] On January 2, 2018, the "interim" tag was removed from Dancy's name, and he was named the head football coach at Mississippi Valley State.[5]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Valley State (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2018–2022) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Mississippi Valley State | 1–10 | 1–6 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2019 | Mississippi Valley State | 2–9 | 1–6 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2020–21 | Mississippi Valley State | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2021 | Mississippi Valley State | 4–7 | 3–5 | T–4th (East) | |||||
| 2022 | Mississippi Valley State | 2–9 | 2–6 | T–5th (East) | |||||
| Mississippi Valley State: | 10–38 | 8–26 | |||||||
| Total: | 10–38 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ McLaughlin, Brian. "FCS: Mississippi Valley State Looks To Rebuild With Returning Talent". HERO Sports. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ^ Gaither, Steven J. (December 19, 2017). "Mississippi Valley goes young with coaching hire". HBCU Gameday. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ^ Williams, Angela (November 20, 2017). "Comegy will not return to coach next season at MVSU". WAPT. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ^ "Comegy not returning as head football coach". Mississippi Valley State University Athletics. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ^ Cleveland, Tyler. "Valley takes 'interim' tag off of football coach Vincent Dancy". The Clarion Ledger. Retrieved October 14, 2019.