This article is about the American football player and coach. For the soccer coach, see Ray Woodard (soccer coach).
Ray Woodard
Current position
Title
Defensive coordinator
Team
Madrid Bravos
Biographical details
Born
(1961-08-20) August 20, 1961 (age 62) Corrigan, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1981
Kilgore
1982–1983
Texas
1984–1985
San Diego Chargers
1986–1987
Denver Broncos
1987-1988
Kansas City Chiefs
Position(s)
Defensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1995
Kilgore (assistant)
1996
Texas Terror (assistant)
1997
Frankfurt Galaxy (DC/DL)
1999
Houston Outlaws
2000
Houston Marshals
2000–2003
Scottish Claymores (DC/LB)
2003–2004
Burton (TX) HS
2005–2006
Navarro (DC)
2007
Navarro
2008–2016
Lamar
2019–2020
Chester HS (TX)
2021
Groveton HS (TX) (assistant)
2024–present
Madrid Bravos (DC)
Head coaching record
Overall
34–46 (college) 9–3 (junior college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SWJCFC (2007)
Ray Woodard (born August 20, 1961) is an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator for the Madrid Bravos of the European League of Football (ELF). Woodward was the head football coach of the Lamar Cardinals football from 2008 to 2016.[1] He spent four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos, and Kansas City Chiefs, during which he played in nine games all during the strike-shortened 1987 season. He played three games as a "scab" for Denver, the year they went to Super Bowl XXII, but he was ineligible to share in the bonus as he resigned with the Chiefs. Woodard played college football at Kilgore College and the University of Texas at Austin.
^"Ray Woodard Named Head Football Coach At Lamar University". Lamar University Athletics. May 19, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
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