Commodore Head Coach
As a player, Woodard was the goalkeeper on the inaugural Duke Blue Devil team after receiving the program’s first-ever scholarship. She still ranks high in several statistical categories of the Duke record book, including leading the school in goals against average for a season and a career, and is third in career shutouts. In addition to lettering four years, Woodard found success in the classroom as well –
she earned academic AllACC honors while serving as team captain and went on to earn an undergraduate degree in sociology from Duke in 1992 and later received a master’s degree in counseling in 1998 from UNC-Charlotte. Prior to coming to Vanderbilt in 2001, Woodard held coaching positions at Duke University, North Carolina State University, North Carolina-Charlotte, and has been actively involved as a coach in the Olympic Development Program, a national identification and development program for the country’s top players.
She has served as a state ODP head coach in South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee and is currently one of five ODP Age Group Coaches in Region III. Woodard has also dedicated her time coaching at many camps and youth soccer organizations. “When I got here, I was a very young coach in terms of experience,” Woodard said. “Coming here was an enormous step for me emotionally and it challenged me. Every class that I had, whether I recruited them or not, made me a stronger and better coach. I think that my
philosophy has changed completely, I think that my ability to relate to players has changed, I think that my vision has changed and I owe it all to the players that were here. I’ve matured a lot these past seven years by diving right in and being over my head early. But eight years later I feel like both myself as a coach and this program are ready to do great things.” Woodard and her husband Tom are expecting their first child, Thomas Woodard IV at the end of August.
The Ronnie Woodard File Collegiate Coaching Experience 2001-Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Head Women’s Soccer Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanderbilt University Head Women’s Soccer Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College of Charleston Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UNC-Charlotte Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Carolina State Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duke University
Collegiate Coaching Career Record Year 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
University W Vanderbilt 9 Vanderbilt 6 Vanderbilt 10 Vanderbilt 16 Vanderbilt 7 Vanderbilt 8 Vanderbilt 5 Vanderbilt 7 College of Charleston 4 College of Charleston 11
Overall Vanderbilt Record
83 68
Southeastern Conference Honors
L 8 10 4 3 7 7 9 10 13 8
T 2 3 7 3 5 3 2 0 2 1
79 58
28 25
SEC Co-Coach of the Year 2005 Soccer Buzz Coach of the Year 2005
Developmental Team Coaching Experience 2006 2003-2005 1997- 1993-2003
Assistant Director - Region III Head Coach - Region III Staff - Region III ODP Head Coach TN, GA, SC ODP
9
2 0 0 9 VANDERBILT SO CC ER
the Commodores built an effective team bond by adopting a unique “pirate” theme that gained significant momentum with her players.