Joe Woodley
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Linebackers coach |
| Team | Rutgers |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2003 | Iowa State |
| Position | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004–2005 | St. Ambrose (DB/LB) |
| 2006–2007 | Johnston HS (IA) (DL/LB) |
| 2008–2017 | Grand View (DC) |
| 2018 | Grand View (OC) |
| 2019–2024 | Grand View |
| 2025 | Drake |
| 2026–present | Rutgers (LB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 80–9 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs) 13–5 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NAIA (2024) 1 PFL (2025) 6 HAAC North Division (2019–2024) | |
Joe Woodley is an American college football coach. He is an assistant coach for Rutgers University, a position he has held since 2026.[1][2] Woodley served the head football coach for Grand View University from 2019 to 2024—winning a national championship in his final season.[2] He was the head football coach at Drake University for one season, in 2025. Woodley was an assistant coach at Grand View from 2008 to 2018 under his father, Mike Woodley, who was the first head coach for the program. The younger Woodley played college football as a linebacker at Iowa State University and was co-captain of the Cyclones' 2003 team.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand View Vikings (Heart of America Athletic Conference) (2019–2024) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Grand View | 13–1 | 5–0 | 1st (North) | L NAIA Semifinal | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | Grand View | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1st (North) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 4 | |||
| 2021 | Grand View | 14–1 | 5–0 | 1st (North) | L NAIA Championship | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Grand View | 13–1 | 5–0 | 1st (North) | L NAIA Semifinal | 4 | |||
| 2023 | Grand View | 11–1 | 5–0 | 1st (North) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 2 | |||
| 2024 | Grand View | 14–0 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W NAIA Championship | 1 | |||
| Grand View: | 72–5 | 29–0 | |||||||
| Drake Bulldogs (Pioneer Football League) (2025) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Drake | 8–4 | 7–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| Drake: | 8–4 | 7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 80–9 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- ^ "Bulldog Football Taps Joe Woodley as Next Head Coach". Drake University. December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ^ a b Becker, Dana (December 23, 2024). "Former Valley standout, Johnston coach named new leader of Drake football". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ^ Lawhon, Danny (June 4, 2019). "Grand View football makes first coaching change in program history, promoting Joe Woodley to head coach". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. Retrieved December 12, 2021.