
Viney Hired as
DWU Head Volleyball Coach

Eric Viney |
MITCHELL, S.D. — Eric Viney, the head volleyball
coach at Oklahoma Panhandle State University this past season, has been
hired as the new head volleyball coach at Dakota Wesleyan University.
Before taking the head position at Oklahoma Panhandle, Viney served
as a graduate assistant at North Dakota State University for two years.
In 2002, Viney was an assistant coach at Mariette College (Ohio). He
was named the head coach in 2003 and led the team to an 18-13 record
with the program’s first win in the Ohio Athletic Conference Postseason
Tournament since 1987. Viney was named the Ohio Athletic Conference
Coach of the Year in 2003.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in sport management and a minor
in marketing from Defiance College in 2002. Viney was a student assistant
coach at Defiance College for the women’s volleyball team during
his junior and senior years.
Volleyball has always been a major part of Viney’s life. His
father was an alternate for the Men’s USA National Team in the
80s, and his mother was the head girls’ volleyball coach at Carroll
High School (Ohio) and started the boys’ volleyball program.
Viney’s wife, Sigourney, is a Redfield, S.D., native.
“I am excited to add Coach Viney to our staff. He has great experience
having coached at all three levels in the NCAA,” DWU athletic
director Chad Vogel said. “His solid family ties to the game of
volleyball and South Dakota make him ideally suited for Dakota Wesleyan
University. He is a very impressive up-and-comer in the volleyball world,
and we are fortunate to have him.”
Viney replaces Melissa Waddell who stepped down as head coach after
last season to fill the sport information director position at DWU.
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