Bio

Tony Veney began as the AVC’s head Track & Field coach in 2021. Prior to coaching the Marauders, he served as the Director of men’s and women’s track and field at Ventura College and has over 40 years of track and field coaching experience.

Veney also previously served as the Director of track and field/cross country at North Carolina A&T State University with stops at UCLA, Portland State, and the University of Oregon.

While an assistant coach at UCLA (2003-2009), Veney led 15 Bruins to either indoor or outdoor All-American status, six Pac-10 Champions, and four NCAA West Regional titles.

During his tenure at Portland State, the Vikings had 28 All-Big Sky Academic award winners. Prior to coaching at Portland State, Veney was an assistant men’s track coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Oregon from 1998-2001. From 2019-2020 he was the sprint coach in Southwestern China, where his 400 runners accounted for 3 gold medal relays (Men’s and Women’s 4x400, and 4x400 Mixed Relay), and a silver in the men’s 400 meters in the Chinese Nationals.