Woody Woodard

Woody Woodard
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, track
Born	c. 1917 Wichita, Kansas
Died	December 9, 1996(1996-12-09) (aged 79) Wichita, Kansas
Playing career
Football
c. 1935	Southwestern (KS)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1943–1949	Lawrence HS (KS)
1950–1952	McPherson
1953–1956	SMU
1957–1959	Wichita
Head coaching record
Overall	47–45–4 (college football)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Chalmer E. "Woody" Woodard (c. 1917 – December 9, 1996) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at McPherson College from 1950 to 1952, at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1953 to 1956, and at the Municipal University of Wichita—now the University of Wichita—from 1957 to 1959, compiling a career college football record of 47–45–4.

Coaching career

McPherson

Woodard was the head football, basketball and track coach and athletic director at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from 1950 to 1952. His football coaching record at McPherson was 18 wins, 7 losses and 1 tie. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #5 at McPherson in total wins and #2 at the school in winning percentage (.712).^[1]

Southern Methodist

Woodard left McPherson to become the head football coach at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He resigned as SMU coach after two consecutive losing seasons in 1956.

Wichita State

Soon later he signed a three-year contract to coach the University of Wichita (now Wichita State University) in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 1957 until 1959. His overall coaching record at Wichita was 10 wins, 18 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him 17th at Wichita State in terms of total wins and 23rd at Wichita State in terms of winning percentage.^[2] After three seasons with a combined 10–18–2 record, his contract was not renewed.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Coaches^#
McPherson Bulldogs (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1950–1952)
1950	McPherson	8–0–1	6–0	1st
1951	McPherson	7–2	5–1	2nd
1952	McPherson	3–5	2–4	5th
McPherson:		18–7–1	13–5
SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1953–1956)
1953	SMU	5–5	3–3	4th
1954	SMU	6–3–1	4–1–1	2nd	17
1955	SMU	4–6	2–4	T–5th
1956	SMU	4–6	2–4	5th
SMU:		19–20–1	11–12–1
Wichita Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1957–1959)
1957	Wichita State	1–9	0–3	5th
1958	Wichita State	4–5–1	1–2–1	5th
1959	Wichita State	5–4–1	1–2–1	4th
Wichita State:		10–18–2	2–7–2
Total:		47–45–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ "McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010" (PDF). McPherson College Athletics. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
↑ Wichita St. Coaching Records

External links

Woody Woodard at the College Football Data Warehouse

McPherson Bulldogs head football coaches

W. E. Daniel (1920)
Dutch Lonborg (1921–1922)
Floyd Mishler (1923–1924)
George Gardner (1925–1929)
Melvin J. Binford (1930–1935)
Lester Selves (1936)
W. P. Astle (1937–1939)
T. C. Hayden (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
T. C. Hayden (1946)
Rolla Reiling (1947)
F. M. Hardacre (1948–1949)
Woody Woodard (1950–1952)
Sid Smith (1953–1966)
Dwight McSpadden (1967–1968)
William Knuckles (1969–1970)
Sid Smith (1971–1972)
Don Rominger (1973–1977)
John Gragg (1978)
Lou Serrone (1979)
Lee Dobyns (1980)
Dave Cripe (1981–1983)
Steve Phipps (1984–1985)
Dan Thiessen (1986–1992)
Bruce Grose (1993–1997)
Steve Kazor (1998–1999)
Dan Davis (2000–2001)
David Cunningham (2002–2006)
Brian Ward (2007–2009)
Joe Bettasso (2010–2011)
Pete Sterbick (2012–2013)
Steve Fox (2014)
Paul Mierkiewicz (2015– )

SMU Mustangs head football coaches

Ray Morrison (1915–1916)
J. Burton Rix (1917–1920)
W. A. Cunningham, Victor Kelly & J. Burton Rix (1921)
Ewing Y. Freeland & Ray Morrison (1922–1923)
Ray Morrison (1924–1934)
Matty Bell (1935–1941)
Jimmy Stewart (1942–1944)
Matty Bell (1945–1949)
Rusty Russell (1950–1952)
Woody Woodard (1953–1956)
Bill Meek (1957–1961)
Hayden Fry (1962–1972)
Dave Smith (1973–1975)
Ron Meyer (1976–1981)
Bobby Collins (1982–1986)
No team (NCAA suspension, 1987–1988)
Forrest Gregg (1989–1990)
Tom Rossley (1991–1996)
Mike Cavan (1997–2001)
Phil Bennett (2002–2007)
June Jones (2008–2014)
Tom Mason # (2014)
Chad Morris (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Wichita State Shockers head football coaches

T. H. Morrison (1897)
No coach (1898)
Harry Hess (1899–1901)
Guy Peverly (1902)
No coach (1903)
A. F. Holste (1904)
Willis Bates (1905–1908)
Roy K. Thomas (1909–1911)
E. V. Long (1912–1913)
Harry Buck (1914–1915)
Lamar Hoover (1916–1917)
Coach Banbury (1918)
Kenneth Cassidy (1919)
Wilmer D. Elfrink (1920)
Lamar Hoover (1921–1922)
Sam H. Hill (1923–1924)
Leonard J. Umnus (1925–1927)
Sam H. Hill (1928–1929)
Albert J. Gebert (1930–1941)
Ralph Graham (1942)
No team (1943)
Melvin J. Binford (1944–1945)
Ralph Graham (1946–1947)
Jim Trimble (1948–1950)
Robert S. Carlson (1951–1952)
Jack Mitchell (1953–1954)
Pete Tillman (1955–1956)
Woody Woodard (1957–1959)
Hank Foldberg (1960–1961)
Marcelino Huerta (1962–1964)
George Karras (1965–1966)
Boyd Converse (1967)
Eddie Kriwiel (1968)
Ben Wilson (1969–1970)
Bob Seaman (1971–1973)
Jim Wright (1974–1978)
Willie Jeffries (1979–1983)
Ron Chismar (1984–1986)

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