Nate Woody
Defensive Coordinator
Phone: 4103
Email:
Woodynw@wofford.edu
Nate Woody is in his 20th year on the coaching staff at Wofford and tenth as defensive coordinator. His recruiting responsibilities include the Atlanta area and East Central Georgia, along with part of South Carolina.
Woody was promoted to defensive coordinator in April 2000. He began his collegiate coaching career in 1988 when he returned to Wofford with coach Mike Ayers. He was a Wofford student-athlete from 1979-83.
During the 2008 season, the defense led the conference in sacks and was tenth in the nation with 34 total. The rushing defense was second in the Southern Conference, allowing only 134.4 yards per game. The red-zone defense also was first in the league.
In 2007, the Wofford defense led the Southern Conference in scoring defense, allowing only 24.8 points per game. In addition, the rushing defense was second in the conference, allowing only 145.1 yards on the ground and the twenty rushing touchdowns were the fewest allowed in the league. Wofford won the 2007 Southern Conference Championship as the team also led the conference with twenty interceptions.
The 2003 Terrier defense led the nation in turnover margin (+23) and turnovers gained (41) while topping the SoCon in scoring defense for league games only (11.4 ppg). Wofford placed third nationally in scoring defense for overall contests (14.8 ppg). In 2006, the Terriers again led the nation in turnover margin with 31 takeaways.
In 2004, the Terriers led the SoCon in turnover margin while ranking eighth nationally. Wofford was also second in the league in rush defense (130.1 ypg) while surrendering a league-low 3.3 yards per rush attempt. In 2005, Wofford’s defense was second in the league in interceptions (15) and fumble recoveries (11) in recording 26 takeaways.
Wofford topped the SoCon in 2002 and ranked among the national leaders in run defense (125.9 ypg), pass defense (144.5 ypg) and total defense (270.4 ypg). The Terriers were also 12th in the nation in scoring defense (16.4 ypg).
At inside linebacker, Woody has coached All-SoCon selections in Ben Dae (1999), Timmy Thrift (2003), Justin Franklin (2006) and Seth Goldwire (2007 and 2008).
Woody played defensive back for T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, S.C., where he was a member of the football, basketball, baseball and soccer teams. As a senior, he started in the 1979 Shrine Bowl.
A 1984 graduate of Wofford with a B.A. in business economics, Woody was a four-year starter on defense. He was a defensive back his first two seasons before being moved to outside linebacker, where he earned honorable-mention All-America honors. Woody was named team captain and Most Valuable Player his senior season and was twice selected to the all-district team.
Born Nathan Warren Woody on December 30, 1960 in Burlington, N.C., he and his wife, Rebecca, have two sons, Nicolas and Jacob.
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