| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Drake |
| Conference | PFL |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2003 | Iowa State |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004–2005 | St. Ambrose (DB/LB) |
| 2006–2007 | Johnston HS (IA) (DL/LB) |
| 2008–2017 | Grand View (DC) |
| 2018 | Grand View (OC) |
| 2019–2024 | Grand View |
| 2025–present | Drake |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 72–5 |
| Tournaments | 13–5 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NAIA (2024) 6 HAAC North Division (2019–2024) | |
Joe Woodley is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Drake University, a position he has held since 2025. He was the head football coach for Grand View University from 2019 to 2024—winning a national championship in his final season. Woodley was an assistant coach at Grand View from 2008 to 2018 under his father, Mike Woodley, who was the first head coach for the program. The younger Woodley played college football as a linebacker at Iowa State University and was co-captain of the 2003 Iowa State Cyclones football team.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand View Vikings (Heart of America Athletic Conference) (2019–2024) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Grand View | 13–1 | 5–0 | 1st (North) | L NAIA Semifinal | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | Grand View | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1st (North) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 4 | |||
| 2021 | Grand View | 14–1 | 5–0 | 1st (North) | L NAIA Championship | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Grand View | 13–1 | 5–0 | 1st (North) | L NAIA Semifinal | 4 | |||
| 2023 | Grand View | 11–1 | 5–0 | 1st (North) | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 2 | |||
| 2024 | Grand View | 14–0 | 6–0 | 1st (North) | W NAIA Championship | 1 | |||
| Grand View: | 72–5 | 29–0 | |||||||
| Drake Bulldogs (Pioneer Football League) (2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Drake | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Total: | 72–5 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- "Bulldog Football Taps Joe Woodley as Next Head Coach". Drake University. December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ^ Becker, Dana (December 23, 2024). "Former Valley standout, Johnston coach named new leader of Drake football". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- Lawhon, Danny (June 4, 2019). "Grand View football makes first coaching change in program history, promoting Joe Woodley to head coach". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
External links
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- Living people
- Drake Bulldogs football coaches
- Grand View Vikings football coaches
- Iowa State Cyclones football coaches
- St. Ambrose Fighting Bees football coaches
- High school football coaches in Iowa
- People from West Des Moines, Iowa
- Coaches of American football from Iowa
- Players of American football from Iowa