COACHING STAFF
DC BASEBALL 2011
Derek
Woodley Head Coach / Fourth Year (419) 783-2341 / dwoodley@defiance.edu Derek Woodley is in his fourth full season at the helm of the Yellow Jacket baseball program and is just the third baseball head coach in the past 27 years of the program.
Prior to coaching at MC, Woodley spent 12 seasons at Bethany Lutheran College in Minnesota where he accumulated a 141-90 record, while winning three league titles, a pair of regional championships and two NJCAA Region XIII Coach-of-the-Year honors during a six-year stint as the Vikings’ head coach. Woodley was also an assistant at Bethany Lutheran for six seasons before taking over the reins of the program and saw the team win four league titles and three regional crowns during that time.
In his first three years with the Yellow Jackets, Woodley has seen 13 DC players named to the All-Heartland Collegiate Ath- Along with an extensive coaching background, Woodley has letic Conference Team, while also placing nine student-athletes served as the intramural director at Bethany Lutheran, Manchester and Defiance and was also the athletic director at Bethany on the HCAC All-Academic squad. Lutheran for over two full years. The Yellow Jackets have shown steady improvement since Woodley took over in the dugout and the program took a major Woodley also worked as a part-time scout for the St. Louis Cardistep forward during the 2010 campaign. Woodley guided Defi- nals from 2000-2004 and served as a coach in the Northwoods ance to 16 victories in his third year at the helm, marking the League for the Mankato Mashers and Mankato Moondogs from 2000-2003. program’s most wins in a single season since 1999. Along with the improved win total in 2010, Woodley also led the Jackets to new all-time single-season records for the program in at bats, hits, doubles, innings pitched, putouts, assists and fielding percentage. Woodley has worked hard to lay the foundation for a successful baseball program at Defiance College and has used his avid recruiting skills to consistently add depth and athleticism to the roster, while nearly doubling the squad size since coming to DC. Along with bolstering the roster and making numerous upgrades to DC’s baseball facilities, Woodley has also implemented an active camp schedule for local youth and high school prospects during the summer and winter months. Woodley has 17 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level and most recently served as the assistant coach at Manchester College prior to accepting his current position at DC. During his stint at Manchester, Woodley helped guide the Spartans to a pair of appearances in the HCAC Tournament in 2006 and 2007 in addition to claiming a Midwest Regional Title.
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