Todd Viney

Todd Viney
Viney in June 2017
Personal information
Full name	Todd Viney
Date of birth	(1966-03-30) 30 March 1966 (age 58)
Original team(s)	Sturt (SANFL)
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1985–1986	Sturt	45 (30)
1987–1999	Melbourne	233 (92)
Total		278 (122)
Coaching career^3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
2011	Melbourne	5 (1–4–0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999. ^3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2011.
Career highlights
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medallist: 1993, 1998 Melbourne Captain: 1998–1999 Melbourne Team of the Century -Interchange Melbourne Hall of Fame All-Australian: 1998
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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.^[1] Viney played 13 seasons with Melbourne in the VFL/AFL, and he later served as their caretaker senior coach for the final five games of the 2011 season.^[2]

Early life

As a youngster, Viney was a talented tennis player and held an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1983 to 1984.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[4]

Viney captained the Demons in 1998 and 1999. In 1998, Viney earned All-Australian selection finished equal fifth in the 1998 Brownlow Medal. He also twice won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy as Melbourne's best and fairest.

Viney announced his retirement before the end of the 1999 season due to nerve and hamstring related injuries. He is named in Melbourne’s Team of the Century, and is a member of the Club’s Hall of Fame.^[4][6]

Viney's brother Jay also played with Melbourne from 1988 to 1991.^[4]

Coaching career

Melbourne Football Club

In 2000, he joined the Melbourne Football Club coaching panel as an assistant coach in the role of midfield coach under senior coach Neale Daniher. Viney was also part of the coaching panel in the club's 2000 Grand Final Loss. Viney didn't continue in the role for the 2001 season.^[7]

Moama Football Club

Viney then moved to Echuca coaching country club Moama in 2003 and 2004.^[7]

Hawthorn Football Club

Former teammate and Hawthorn Football Club senior coach Alastair Clarkson recruited Viney as an assistant coach at Hawthorn from 2005 to the end of 2008, including their 2008 premiership victory.^[8]

Adelaide Crows

Viney then moved to the Adelaide Crows as an assistant coach from 2009 to 2010.^[8] Viney resigned from his role as the assistant coach of Adelaide Crows at the conclusion of the 2010 season.^[9]

Return to Melbourne Football Club

In October 2010, Viney signed with Melbourne to be in charge of Melbourne's player development program.^[8] With Viney's move back to the Demons, Adelaide conceded Viney's talented son, Jack, to the Demons, under the father–son rule.^[8][10]

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.^[2][11][12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14][15]

North Melbourne Football Club

After three years away from the AFL, Viney was appointed General Manager of Football at North Melbourne on 25 August 2022, to work alongside newly hired senior coach Alistair Clarkson.^[1]

Statistics

Playing statistics

^[16]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
1987	Melbourne	12	16	9	11	180	79	259	58	44	0.6	0.7	11.3	4.9	16.2	3.6	2.8	3
1988	Melbourne	12	12	1	7	65	41	106	21	16	0.1	0.6	5.4	3.4	8.8	1.8	1.3	0
1989	Melbourne	12	9	6	4	90	49	139	39	11	0.7	0.4	10.0	5.4	15.4	4.3	1.2	0
1990	Melbourne	12	15	12	13	190	74	264	51	21	0.8	0.9	12.7	4.9	17.6	3.4	1.4	1
1991	Melbourne	12	24	13	15	412	182	594	103	36	0.5	0.6	17.2	7.6	24.8	4.3	1.5	7
1992	Melbourne	12	22	7	4	234	162	396	76	40	0.3	0.2	10.6	7.4	18.0	3.5	1.8	1
1993	Melbourne	12	20	6	5	238	228	466	67	38	0.3	0.3	11.9	11.4	23.3	3.4	1.9	2
1994	Melbourne	12	25	3	1	258	288	546	74	59	0.1	0.0	10.3	11.5	21.8	3.0	2.4	2
1995	Melbourne	12	17	4	4	179	175	354	56	35	0.2	0.2	10.5	10.3	20.8	3.3	2.1	3
1996	Melbourne	12	12	1	8	123	127	250	44	21	0.1	0.7	10.3	10.6	20.8	3.7	1.8	2
1997	Melbourne	12	22	7	2	261	235	496	61	60	0.3	0.1	11.9	10.7	22.5	2.8	2.7	9
1998	Melbourne	12	22	15	9	281	199	480	94	43	0.7	0.4	12.8	9.0	21.8	4.3	2.0	20
1999	Melbourne	12	17	8	12	176	110	286	52	26	0.5	0.7	10.4	6.5	16.8	3.1	1.5	5
Career			233	92	95	2687	1949	4636	796	450	0.4	0.4	11.5	8.4	19.9	3.4	1.9	55

Coaching statistics

^[17]

Legend
W	Wins	L	Losses	D	Draws	W%	Winning percentage	LP	Ladder position	LT	League teams

Season	Team	Games	W	L	D	W %	LP	LT
2011*	Melbourne	5	1	4	0	20.0%	13	17
Career totals		5	1	4	0	20.0%

* = Caretaker coach

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)

References

1. North Media (25 August 2022). "Todd Viney appointed General Manager of Football". North Melbourne Football Club. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
2. Brodie, Will (1 August 2011). "Viney announced as Melbourne caretaker coach". Brisbane Times. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
3. Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 1-74013-060-X.
4. "TODD VINEY". Retrieved 6 May 2022.
5. Beveridge, Riley (4 May 2015). "Todd Viney reflects on his stint coaching Mark Philippoussis". Fox Sports. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
6. "Hall of Fame". Retrieved 6 May 2022.
7. "Todd Viney". Retrieved 27 February 2022.
8. Matthews, Bruce (13 October 2010). "Todd Viney return has a bonus". Herald Sun. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
9. "Crows disappointed with Viney move". ABC News. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
10. "Viney returns to Melbourne". 12 October 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
11. "Melbourne Demons sack Dean Bailey; AFL club in crisis after loss to Geelong; Todd Viney interim coach". August 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
12. "How Demons killed the coach they loved, but saved a CEO". 2 August 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
13. "Melbourne Demons caretaker coach Todd Viney says he is not a candidate for the Dees' top job in 2012". 2 August 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
14. "Todd Viney steps away from football". 11 September 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
15. "AFL 2019: Todd Viney to depart Melbourne Football Club after 10 year off-field stint". 10 September 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
16. Todd Viney's player profile at AFL Tables
17. Todd Viney's coaching profile at AFL Tables

External links

• Todd Viney at AustralianFootball.com
• DemonWiki profile