Vince Amey

Vincent Wayne Amey (born January 9, 1975) is an American football coach and former defensive end, who is currently the assistant defensive line coach at Arizona State. He played college football at Arizona State. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round (230th overall) of the 1998 NFL draft. He then played for the Las Vegas Outlaws of the short-lived XFL. In 2019, he was the defensive line coach for the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football (AAF) before joining the Los Angeles Wildcats of the revived XFL the following year.

Early life Amey attended James Logan High School in Union City, California. While at Logan, he was a three-year letterman in football as a defensive tackle. He was an All-state selection as a senior. He was named one of the "Top 20 Prospects" in the East Bay area. He also lettered in track and basketball.

College career Amey attended Arizona State University where he was a four-year letterman for the Sun Devils. As a freshman in 1994 he was one of nine true freshman to appear in a game. He appeared in eight games, recording six tackles. In 1995 as a sophomore, he appeared in 10 games, starting at both left and right defensive tackle. As a junior in 1996, he recorded 20 tackles, one sack, two passes defended and one interception, returned for a touchdown. In 1997, he started 11 games at right defensive end. He recorded 26 tackles, one sack, and one pass broken up. He was released on August 30, during final cuts. However, he was re-signed on November 13, 1998. While with the Raiders, he appeared in four games, starting one. He spent the spring playing for the Frankfurt Galaxy in NFL Europe, where he won World Bowl '99. In 2012, he became a strength and conditioning coach at Arizona, in 2015, he became a football analyst for the Wildcats and in 2016, head coach Rich Rodriguez named him the Wildcats defensive line coach.

After working with the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football in 2019 as defensive line coach, he joined the Los Angeles Wildcats of the XFL in the same position the next year.

On November 30, 2022, Amey was hired by new Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham to return to his alma mater as the defensive line coach.