Eric Vance
{{Short description|American football player (born 1975)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Eric Vance
| image =
| caption =
| position = Cornerback
| number = 33, 37
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|7|14}}
| birth_place = Tampa, Florida, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 215
| undraftedyear = 1997
| high_school = L. D. Bell (Hurst, Texas)
| college = Vanderbilt
- Carolina Panthers (1997)*
- San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1997}})*
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1998}})*
- Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1998}})*
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1998}}–{{NFL Year|1999}})
- San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|2000}})*
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2000}}–{{NFL Year|2001}})
- Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2002}})
| highlights =
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 29
| pfr = VancEr20
}}
Eric Devon Vance (born July 14, 1975) is an American former professional football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 1997. He played college football at Vanderbilt.
Vance also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts. Vance worked in Player Development for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was hired by Al Golden on April 4, 2013, to become assistant director of Football Operations at the University of Miami, and was the defensive coordinator at his Alma mater L. D. Bell .{{Cite web |url=http://www.buccaneers.com/team/staff/eric-vance/c0e7ac37-37f0-40c8-bf07-b7a2e73ca984 |title=Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio |access-date=2010-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920215122/http://www.buccaneers.com/team/staff/eric-vance/c0e7ac37-37f0-40c8-bf07-b7a2e73ca984 |archive-date=2016-09-20 |url-status=dead }}
Vance Currently serves as the head coach of the Keller Central High School Chargers Football Team.{{cite web |last1=Kozikowski |first1=Brett |title=Eric Vance Named New Head Football Coach |url=https://centralchargerathletics.com/news/2024/1/22/eric-vance-named-new-head-football-coach.aspx |website=centralchargerathletics.com |publisher=Keller Central Athletics |access-date=2024-03-25}}