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Joe Woodley

Joe Woodley
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamDrake
ConferencePFL
Record0–0
Playing career
1999–2003Iowa State
Position(s)Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2005St. Ambrose (DB/LB)
2006–2007Johnston HS (IA) (DL/LB)
2008–2017Grand View (DC)
2018Grand View (OC)
2019–2024Grand View
2025–presentDrake
Head coaching record
Overall72–5
Tournaments13–5 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NAIA (2024)
6 HAAC North Division (2019–2024)

Joe Woodley is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Drake University, a position he has held since 2025.[1][2] He was the head football coach for Grand View University from 2019 to 2024—winning a national championship in his final season.[2] Woodley was an assistant coach at Grand View from 2008 to 2018 under his father, Mike Woodley, who was the first head coach for the program. The younger Woodley played college football as a linebacker at Iowa State University and was co-captain of the 2003 Iowa State Cyclones football team.[3]

  1. ^ "Bulldog Football Taps Joe Woodley as Next Head Coach". Drake University. December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Becker, Dana (December 23, 2024). "Former Valley standout, Johnston coach named new leader of Drake football". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Lawhon, Danny (June 4, 2019). "Grand View football makes first coaching change in program history, promoting Joe Woodley to head coach". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. Retrieved December 12, 2021.

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