Football
- Title:
- Director of Player Personnel
- Email:
- Vince.Guinta@oregonstate.edu
- Phone:
- 737-2614
Vincent Guinta (pronounced GINT-uh) was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Player Personnel in March of 2017 after serving as the Beavers’ director of player personnel from his initial appointment Dec. 22, 2014. He oversees all aspects of the Beavers’ recruiting process, which includes prospect identification, evaluations, marketing and social media, and campus visitations. Guinta’s 15-plus years of major college football involvement, including in the Pac-12, Big Ten, Big 12 and Mountain West conferences, provides national experience to the Beavers’ recruiting efforts.
In his first full recruiting cycle at Oregon State, Guinta helped the Beavers’ coaching staff bring in the second-highest rated recruiting class in school history in 2016, followed by a higher ranked class in 2017.
He spent the 2013 and 2014 seasons as director of football recruiting at Wisconsin. While at Wisconsin, Guinta directed all facets of the recruiting process, and the 2014 class was ranked the highest in school history. In the 2014 season, 10 freshmen played in games for the No. 13 ranked Badgers, helping them to a 10-3 record and a New Year’s Day Bowl victory over Auburn.
Guinta joined the Badgers from Fresno State, where he served as the coordinator of football operations in 2012. With the Bulldogs, Guinta was responsible for coordinating team schedules, travel and logistics while also monitoring the program's operating budget, coordinating the walk-on program and supervising recruiting activities.
Guinta spent four years in operations and personnel roles at Nebraska from 2004-08. He began as the Huskers' football operations intern and was promoted to assistant director of football operations and director of football personnel and recruiting prior after the 2005 season. During his tenure he was involved in the recruitment of 29 NFL players including All-Pros Ndamukong Suh and Carl Nicks. In 2005 The Tom Lemming Report rated Nebraska as the No. 1 ranked recruiting class in the nation, and during his tenure, Nebraska finished in the top 25 for recruiting four times. Guinta served under head coaches Bill Callahan, Tom Osborne (interim), and Bo Pelini.
Guinta stepped away from football after leaving Lincoln, working as a private business executive from 2008-12.
Before his time at Nebraska, Guinta was a defensive administrative assistant at Utah from 1999 to 2003. Prior to that position, he worked as the Utes' video coordinator from 1997-99. During his tenure Guinta worked under head coaches Ron McBride and Urban Meyer.
Guinta is a native of Salt Lake City, Utah and holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Utah. He and Emily were married in the summer of 2015. They have one son, Max.
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GUINTA PROFILE
Assignment: Assistant Athletic Director for Player Personnel
Year at OSU: 4th
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UtahÂ
Education:Â B.S. in Political Science from Utah
Family:Wife, Emily  Son, Vincent “Max”
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Athletic Director for Player Personnel -- Oregon State, 2017-Present
Director of Player Personnel - Oregon State, 2015-1017
Director of Recruiting – Wisconsin , 2013-2014
Director of Football Operations– Fresno State, 2012
Director of Personnel & Recruiting / Assistant Director of Football Operations - Nebraska 2004-2008
Defensive Administrative Assistant – Utah 1999-2003
Video Coordinator – Utah 1997-1999
DIVISION & CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
2014 Big 10 Western Division Champion (Wisconsin)
2012 Mountain West Champion (Fresno State)
2006 Big 12 North Division Champion (Nebraska)
1999 Mountain West Champion (Utah)
BOWL GAMES
2015 Outback Bowl (Wisconsin)
2014 Capital One Bowl (Wisconsin)
2012 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl (Fresno State)
2007 Cotton Bowl (Nebraska)
2005 Alamo Bowl (Nebraska)
2001 Las Vegas Bowl (Utah)
1999 Las Vegas Bowl (Utah)
