Woody Woodard

Not to be confused with Woody Woodward.

Chalmer E. 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 known as the University of Wichita—from 1957 to 1959, compiling a career college football record of 47–45–4.

Woody Woodard

Biographical details
Born	c. 1917 Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Died	December 9, 1996(1996-12-09) (aged 79) Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1935	Southwestern (KS)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1943–1949	Lawrence HS (KS)
1950–1952	McPherson
1953–1956	SMU
1957–1959	Wichita
Head coaching record
Overall	47–45–4 (college football)

Coaching career

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.^[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.^[2] After three seasons, his contract was not renewed.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#
McPherson Bulldogs (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1950–1952)
1950	McPherson	8–0–1	6–0	1st
1951	McPherson	7–2	5–1	2nd
1952	McPherson	3–5	2–4	5th
McPherson:		18–7–1	13–5
SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1953–1956)
1953	SMU	5–5	3–3	4th
1954	SMU	6–3–1	4–1–1	2nd		17
1955	SMU	4–6	2–4	T–5th
1956	SMU	4–6	2–4	5th
SMU:		19–20–1	11–12–1
Wichita Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1957–1959)
1957	Wichita	1–9	0–3	5th
1958	Wichita	4–5–1	1–2–1	5th
1959	Wichita	5–4–1	1–2–1	4th
Wichita:		10–18–2	2–7–2
Total:		47–45–4
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010" (PDF). McPherson College Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
2. . Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2008-01-11.