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Raymond Woodie Jr.
American football player and coach (born 1973)
Raymond Woodie Jr. (born November 2, 1973) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Bethune–Cookman University, a position he has held since 2023. He played college football for Bethune–Cookman before playing professionally for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He also coached for Bayshore High School, Palmetto High School, Western Kentucky, South Florida, Oregon, Florida State, and Florida Atlantic.
Woodie with Bethune–Cookman in 2023 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Bethune–Cookman |
| Conference | SWAC |
| Record | 3–8 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1973-11-02) November 2, 1973 (age 50) Palmetto, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1995 | Bethune–Cookman |
| 1996 | BC Lions |
| Position(s) | Linebacker, safety |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996 | Bayshore HS (FL) (DC) |
| 1997–2006 | Bayshore HS (FL) |
| 2007–2009 | Palmetto HS (FL) |
| 2010–2011 | Western Kentucky (DE) |
| 2012 | Western Kentucky (LB) |
| 2013–2014 | South Florida (LB) |
| 2015 | South Florida (AHC/LB) |
| 2016 | South Florida (AHC/DC) |
| 2017 | Oregon (ST/OLB) |
| 2018–2019 | Florida State (LB) |
| 2020 | Florida Atlantic (OLB) |
| 2021–2022 | Florida Atlantic (AHC/OLB/ST) |
| 2023–present | Bethune–Cookman |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–8 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2× First Team All-MEAC (1994–1995) 2× NCAA Division I-AA All-American (1994–1995) | |
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Woodie grew up in Palmetto, Florida, and played high school football for Palmetto High School.
College career
Woodie played college football for Bethune–Cookman. With the Wildcats he played as a linebacker and safety. He earned All-MEAC honors and all Division I-AA honors in his junior and senior seasons.[1]
Professional career
In 1996, Woodie signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He suffered a career-ending ankle injury with the team.[2]
High school coaching
Following Woodie's stint in the CFL he joined Bayshore High School as the team's defensive coordinator in 1996. The following season in 1997 he was promoted to the school's head coach, and became the youngest head coach in Florida at the age of 23.[3] In ten seasons with the school he led the Bruins to seven playoff appearances.
In 2007, Woodie returned to his alma mater, Palmetto High School, to be their head coach. In 2008 he led the team to a district title.
Early college coaching
After thirteen years of coaching high school football, Woodie joined Western Kentucky as their defensive ends coach. In 2012, he was promoted to linebackers coach.[4]
In 2015, Woodie was hired by South Florida to be their linebackers coach. After two seasons he also earned the role of assistant head coach alongside being the linebackers coach. In 2016, he was promoted to defensive coordinator.
In 2017, Woodie joined Oregon as the team's special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach.[5]
Following one season with the Ducks, Woodie returned to the state of Florida, this time with Florida State as their linebackers coach.[6]
After two seasons with Florida State, Woodie joined Florida Atlantic as the team's outside linebackers coach. He was promoted to special teams coordinator, assistant head coach, and outside linebackers coach for the 2021 season.[7]
Bethune–Cookman
On February 5, 2023, Woodie returned to Bethune–Cookman to be the school's next head coach after the team failed to agree on a contract with Ed Reed.[8][9]
Woodie's son, Raymond Woodie III, is a defensive back for Bethune–Cookman.[10]
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune–Cookman Wildcats (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Bethune–Cookman | 3–8 | 2–6 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2024 | Bethune–Cookman | 0–0 | 0–0 | (East) | |||||
| Bethune–Cookman: | 3–8 | 2–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 3–8 | ||||||||
- Peebles, Nyah (2023-02-07). "Bethune-Cookman Hires Raymond Woodie Jr. As Head Football Coach". HBCU Buzz. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- Reed, Tashan. "Florida State assistant Raymond Woodie known for his work ethic, recruiting ability and ties to Willie Taggart". The Athletic. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- "Raymond Woodie - Associate Head Coach / OLB and Recruiting Coordinator - Staff Directory". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- Scott, Jelani (February 5, 2023). "Bethune-Cookman Football Hires Raymond Woodie Jr. as Head Coach, per Report". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- "Raymond Woodie - Football Coach". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- "Raymond Woodie Jr. - Football Coach". Bethune-Cookman University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- Phillips, Joseph (2023-02-11). "Bethune-Cookman hires alum Raymond Woodie, Jr., as head football coach". Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- "Bethune-Cookman University Names Raymond Woodie, Jr. Head Football Coach". Bethune-Cookman University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- "Bethune-Cookman announces hiring of Raymond Woodie Jr. as football coach". mynews13.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- Hoffman, Jarrett (2023-12-26). "Raymond Woodie III, son of Bethune-Cookman coach, to join father from transfer portal". Retrieved 2024-05-01.