Dane James Vilas (born 10 June 1985) is a South African former cricketer now cricket coach. He was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal. Previously, he played for South Africa's national team and made his Test debut for South Africa against Bangladesh on 30 July 2015.

After four successful seasons at the Lions, Vilas moved to the Cape Cobras in search of more opportunity due to the emergence of Thami Tsolekile and Quinton de Kock at his former club.

On 27 January 2017, he signed a Kolpak deal with Lancashire, thus ruling him out of selection for South Africa.

In August 2017, he was named in Pretoria Mavericks' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.

In October 2018, he was named in Jozi Stars' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Durban Heat team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.

Ahead of the 2019 season, he was appointed as captain of Lancashire County Cricket Club in all three formats of the game He led the county to promotion from Division 2 of the 2019 County Championship. Ahead of the 2023 season, Vilas stepped down from his role as captain, relinquishing the title to teammate Keaton Jennings. However, due to a hamstring injury sustained by Jennings in the early stages of the season, Vilas regained the captaincy on a temporary basis.

In May 2022, in the 2022 County Championship in England, Vilas scored his 10,000th run in first-class cricket, in the Roses Match against Yorkshire.

He announced his retirement from county cricket at the end of the 2023 season, but continued to play in the South African T20 competition.