c. 1935 Southwestern (KS) Name Woody Woodard 1953–1956 SMU | 1950–1952 McPherson 1943–1949 Lawrence HS (KS) | |
Sport(s) Football, basketball, track Died December 9, 1996(1996-12-09) (aged 79)
Wichita, Kansas | ||
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.
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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 18–7–1.
SMU
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 after leaving SMU, Woodard 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 record at Wichita was 10–18–2. After three seasons, his contract was not renewed.