Coaches
Chris Woods
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Chris Woods
Played at Davidson 1987-1990 · alma mater (CFBD): Davidson
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-1995 | Plymouth State | Position | OL | not known |
| 1996-1999 | Wittenberg | DC | DC/LB | not known |
| 2001-2003 | Mansfield | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2004-2006 | Stonehill | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2007 | Harvard | ST coord. | LB/ST | not known |
| 2008-2010 | Bryant | ST coord. | DL/ST | not known |
| 2011 | Columbia | DC | DC/LB | not known |
| 2012-2014 | Holmes | DC | DC | not known |
| 2015-2017 | Oklahoma | Other | def. spec. | Bob Stoops (2015-2016), Lincoln Riley*+ (2017) |
| 2018 | Texas State | Head coachinterim | interim HC/DC | Everett Withers |
| 2020 | Dallas Renegades (unknown) | DC | DC | not known |
| 2020-2021 | Kansas | Other | sr. def. asst. | Les Miles (2020), Lance Leipold* (2021) |
| 2022-2024 | Temple | Position | LB | Stan Drayton |
| 2025 | Arlington Renegades (unknown) | Position | LB | not known |
| 2025- | Ohio | Position | LB | Brian Smith (2025), John Hauser* (2026) |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Texas State | Defensive coordinator | 36 | 67 | 16 | 90 | 130 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Texas State | 0-1 (1 of 12) | - → - | 116 | 36 | -16.4 | 17% wins | 130 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Mansfield | Division II | 2-8 |
| 2002 | Mansfield | Division II | 3-7 |
| 2003 | Mansfield | Division II | 8-3 |
| 2005 | Stonehill | Division II | 4-6 |
| 2006 | Stonehill | Division II | 1-9 |
Worked under
- Everett Withers · Texas State 2018 (DC)
- Stan Drayton · Temple 2022-2024 (Position)
- Brian Smith · Ohio 2025 (Position)
- John Hauser* · Ohio 2026 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Don Brown · Plymouth State 1994-1995 · him Position, them Head coach
- Scott Isphording · Wittenberg 1998-1999 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Kevin Doherty · Harvard 2007 · him Position, ST coord., them DC, Other
- Tim Murphy · Harvard 2007 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Chris Nugai · Columbia 2011 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Norries Wilson · Columbia 2011 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Vinny Marino · Columbia 2011 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Brett Elliott · Texas State 2018 · him DC, Head coach, them Position
- Everett Withers · Texas State 2018 · him DC, Head coach, them Head coach
- Zak Kuhr · Texas State 2018 · him DC, Head coach, them OC, Other
- D. J. Eliot · Temple 2022 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Danny Langsdorf · Temple 2022-2024 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Everett Withers · Temple 2022-2024 · him Position, them DC, Head coach, Other, Position
- Stan Drayton · Temple 2022-2024 · him Position, them Head coach
- Brian Smith · Ohio 2025 · him Position, them Head coach
- John Hauser* · Ohio 2025-2026 · him Position, them DC, Head coach, Other, Position
- Scott Isphording · Ohio 2025-2026 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Colin Johnson · Ohio 2026 · him Position, them Position
- Danny Langsdorf · Ohio 2026 · him Position, them Position
- Kurt Mattix · Ohio 2026 · him Position, them DC