Chip Viney joined the San José State University football staff as the new defensive backs coach in February 2022.
In 2022, his defensive backs combined for nine interceptions and helped the Spartans achieve a Mountain West best +12 turnover margin in the regular season.
Viney had various roles with Sooner football over two tenures. The most recent stint was from 2018 through 2021 when he served in recruiting and team defense analyst roles. For the 2021 season, he was the director of player development and scouting analyst.
The Fresno, Calif., native also spent 2013 through 2016 at Oklahoma as a graduate assistant working with cornerbacks his first three seasons and was the Sooners' 2016 special teams analyst.
In his eight seasons with Oklahoma football, the Sooners won five Big 12 Conference championships and participated in the 2018 and 2019 College Football Playoffs, and the 2013 Bowl Championship Series (BCS).
In between his two tenures at Oklahoma, Viney was at the University of Nevada in 2017 coaching cornerbacks.
He earned letter awards for the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Bruin teams and was named its scout team player of the year as a freshman. Viney completed his college career at New Mexico State in 2011. He then played one season of Arena Football for the 2012 San Jose SaberCats.
PREVIOUS
- University of Oklahoma director of player development and scouting analyst (2021)
- University of Oklahoma defensive analyst/recruiting analyst (2018-20)
- University of Nevada cornerbacks coach (2017)
- University of Oklahoma special teams analyst (2016)
- University of Oklahoma graduate assistant – cornerbacks (2013-15)
- Central East High School (Fresno, Calif.) defensive backs coach (2012)
- Graduated from UCLA and was a history major (2010)
- He and his wife, Whitney, a 2010 San José State graduate, are the parents of two daughters, Milan and Brooklyn.
- Born July 20, 1989 in Fresno, Calif.
| 2021 University of Oklahoma director of player development and scouting analyst |
| 2018-20 University of Oklahoma defensive analyst/recruiting analyst |
| 2017 University of Nevada cornerbacks coach |
| 2016 University of Oklahoma special teams analyst |
| 2013-15 University of Oklahoma graduate assistant – cornerbacks |
| 2012 Central East High School (Fresno, Calif.) defensive backs coach |