Todd Viney

Todd Viney (born 30 March 1966) is an Australian rules football executive and former player and coach. He is currently the General Manager of Football of the North Melbourne Football Club. Viney played 13 seasons with in the VFL/AFL, and he later served as their caretaker senior coach for the final five games of the 2011 season.

Early life As a youngster, Viney was a talented tennis player and held an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship from 1983 to 1984. In July 1984, he was ranked 735 on the ATP rankings. At 18, however, he decided to switch and pursue a footballing career.

Playing career

Melbourne Football Club A Sturt recruit, Viney was mostly a wingman and on-baller for Melbourne Football Club.

After nine seasons with the Demons, he decided to retire from football in order to become the fitness coach and hitting partner of the young tennis star Mark Philippoussis. However, Todd's standing with Mark's father/manager/coach Nick Philippoussis was very strained (as many people had warned him), and he soon resumed his football career with the Demons, midway through the 1996 season.

Viney's brother Jay also played with Melbourne from 1988 to 1991.

Moama Football Club Viney then moved to Echuca coaching country club Moama in 2003 and 2004.

Adelaide Crows Viney then moved to the Adelaide Crows as an assistant coach from 2009 to 2010.

Return to Melbourne Football Club In October 2010, Viney signed with to be in charge of Melbourne's player development program.

After Dean Bailey was sacked as senior coach in the middle of the 2011 season, the Melbourne Football Club announced that Viney would be caretaker senior coach for the remainder of the 2011 season. Melbourne under Viney, won one game and lost four games of the remaining five games left in the 2011 season, to finish in thirteenth place on the ladder. At the end of the 2011 season, Viney chose not to re-apply for the senior coaching job and was replaced by Mark Neeld as senior coach of Melbourne Football Club. Viney however remained with the club as the General Manager of Player Personnel.

Viney left the Melbourne Football Club at the end of the 2019 season.

North Melbourne Football Club After three years away from the AFL, Viney was appointed General Manager of Football at on 25 August 2022, to work alongside newly hired senior coach Alistair Clarkson.

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Coaching statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal: 1993, 1998 Melbourne F.C. Captain: 1998-1999 All-Australian: 1998 Melbourne F.C. Team of the Century AFL Rising Star Nominee: 1993 (Round 6) Melbourne F.C. Coach: 2011 (Caretaker)