Vitaliy Cherniy was born in Kyiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (in present-day Ukraine).
After finishing his playing career, he was the assistant of the well-known Lithuanian coach Rimantas Endrijaitis in the Ukrainian BC Sumy.
He left the club in 2007 and became a temporary assistant coach of the Ukraine national basketball team.
[1] After the Championship, he signed a long-term contract with BC Kyiv as the general manager of junior teams.
[2] Cherniy was named new BC Kyiv coach in September 2009 and led this young all-Ukrainian team to the playoffs semifinal.