Current position | |
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Title | Defensive ends coach |
Team | Colorado |
Conference | Big-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 |
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.
Early years
Dancy played football at Jackson State, where he was an All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) performer.
Coaching career
Dancy was the defensive coordinator for one season at Paine College before joining Rick Comegy's staff at Mississippi Valley State University in 2015.
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. 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.
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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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
- 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.
External links
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- Living people
- American football linebackers
- American football safeties
- Colorado Buffaloes football coaches
- Jackson State Tigers football coaches
- Jackson State Tigers football players
- Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football coaches
- Paine Lions football coaches
- African-American coaches of American football
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- People from Noxubee County, Mississippi