Vance Juano Bedford (born August 20, 1958) is an American football coach who last served as defensive coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin for head coach Charlie Strong.
He played high-school football at Hebert High School, where his father, Leon Bedford, was coach and he was an all-District player for the first all-black high school in Texas to win a University Interscholastic League state title.
[2] Bedford played college football at the University of Texas at Austin where he was a four-year letterman and starter at cornerback as well as the defensive captain.
[4] After sitting out the 1983 season, he moved to the United States Football League (USFL), where he played one game each for the San Antonio Gunslingers and the Oklahoma Outlaws, again missing games with injuries.
[5] Before Texas, Bedford was the defensive coordinator at the University of Louisville, where he also served under head coach Charlie Strong.