Vincent Dancy

Vincent Dancy (born March 10, 1984) is an American college football coach. He is the currently the defensive ends coach for Mississippi State University. 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.

Vincent Dancy

Current position
Title	Defensive ends coach
Team	Mississippi State
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	(1984-03-10) March 10, 1984 (age 41)
Alma mater	Jackson State University (2006)
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	Colorado (DE)
2025–present	Mississippi State (DE)
Head coaching record
Overall	10–38

Early years

Dancy was a standout at Noxubee County High School and played college football at Jackson State, where he was an All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) performer.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4][5] 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.^[6]

Head coaching record

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