Ray Woodard was born on August 20,1961 and is an American football coach and former player.
21 Facts About Ray Woodard
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Ray Woodard is the defensive coordinator for the Madrid Bravos of the European League of Football.
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Ray Woodard spent four seasons in the National Football League 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.
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Ray Woodard 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.
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Ray Woodard played college football at Kilgore College and the University of Texas at Austin.
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Ray Woodard helped Kilgore win the Southwest Junior College Football Conference championship in his freshman year and Texas to win the Southwest Conference championship in his senior year.
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Ray Woodard was selected 199th overall in the 1984 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers.
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Ray Woodard spent the 1984 season on the injured reserve and was waived by the Chargers at the start of the 1985 season.
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Ray Woodard was signed by the Broncos prior to the 1986 season, but again spent the season on the injured reserve.
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In 1987, after being cut by the Broncos just before the start of the season and saying he would never cross the picket line, Ray Woodard crossed the picket line to play as a replacement player during the 1987 NFL Player's Strike.
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Ray Woodard was released by the Broncos at the end of the strike but then signed a few weeks later with the Kansas City Chiefs where he spent the rest of the season, but recorded no stats.
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Ray Woodard received his masters in education from the University of Texas at Tyler in 1991.
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On October 23,2014, Ray Woodard earned his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Lamar University.
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Ray Woodard joined a select group of Division I coaches with doctorates.
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Ray Woodard was one of three Division I coaches with a doctorate.
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Ray Woodard coached with several professional teams, starting with the Texas Terror of the Arena Football League in 1996, and then the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football in 1997.
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Ray Woodard later served as the defensive coordinator for the Scottish Claymores of the WLAF from 2000 to 2003.
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From 2005 to 2007, Ray Woodard spent his time coaching at Navarro College, a two-year college whose main campus is in Corsicana, Texas.
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In 2008, Lamar University hired Ray Woodard to help bring football back to Lamar after an almost 20-year absence.
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On November 21,2016 at approximately 1:30pm, Ray Woodard was informed he was no longer head coach for Lamar.
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In 2019, Ray Woodard became the head football coach at Class 1A Chester High School in Chester, Texas.