Chris Woods
Chris Woods went 18–34 as a head coach, 2001–2018, at Mansfield, Stonehill and Texas State. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2001–03 at Mansfield; 2005–06 at Stonehill. They’re marked in the table.
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Mansfield * | 2–8 | 6th | |||
| 2002 | Mansfield * | 3–7 | T–5th | |||
| 2003 | Mansfield * | 8–3 | 4th | |||
| 2004: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2005 | Stonehill * | 4–6 | 6th | |||
| 2006 | Stonehill * | 1–9 | 9th | |||
| 2007–17: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2018 | Texas State interim, final game | 0–1 | 5th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference games | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At home | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
His own one games on file, 2018, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Plymouth State | Offensive line coach | |
| 1996–99 | Wittenberg | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2001–03 | Mansfield | Head coach | |
| 2004–06 | Stonehill | Head coach | |
| 2007 | Harvard | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| 2008–10 | Bryant | Defensive line and special teams coach | |
| 2011 | Columbia | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2012–14 | Holmes | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2015–17 | Oklahoma | Defensive specialist | |
| 2018 | Texas State | Interim head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 2020 | Dallas Renegades XFL | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2020–21 | Kansas | Senior defensive assistant | |
| 2022–24 | Temple | Linebackers coach | |
| 2025 | Arlington Renegades UFL | Linebackers coach | |
| 2025–present | Ohio | Linebackers coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Don BrownPlymouth State
- Tim MurphyHarvard
- Marty FineBryant
- Norries WilsonColumbia
- Bob StoopsOklahoma, Dallas Renegades, Arlington Renegades
- Lincoln RileyOklahoma
- Everett WithersTexas State, Temple
- Les MilesKansas
- Lance LeipoldKansas
- Stan DraytonTemple
- Brian SmithOhio
- John HauserOhio
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brett ElliottLewis & Clark
Worked under (12)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Brown | Plymouth State | 1994–95 | Offensive line coach | |
| Tim Murphy | Harvard | 2007 | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Marty Fine | Bryant | 2008–10 | Defensive line and special teams coach | |
| Norries Wilson | Columbia | 2011 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Bob Stoops | Oklahoma | 2015–16 | Defensive specialist | |
| Lincoln Riley | Oklahoma | 2017 | Defensive specialist | |
| Everett Withers | Texas State | 2018 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Les Miles | Kansas | 2020 | Senior defensive assistant | |
| Bob Stoops | Dallas Renegades pro | 2020 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Lance Leipold | Kansas | 2021 | Senior defensive assistant | |
| Stan Drayton | Temple | 2022–24 | Linebackers coach | |
| Everett Withers | Temple | 2024 | Linebackers coach | |
| Brian Smith | Ohio | 2025 | Linebackers coach | |
| Bob Stoops | Arlington Renegades pro | 2025 | Linebackers coach | |
| John Hauser | Ohio | 2025–26 | Linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Elliott | Texas State, 2018: quarterbacks coach | Lewis & Clark |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Zak Kuhr | Texas State, 2018: offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.