Mike Woodley is a former

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coach. He served as the head football coach at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa from 1991 to 1993 and

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from the program's inception in 2008 through the 2018 season, compiling a career college football coaching record of 107–53. Woodley left Grand View in June 2019 to become the first head football coach at

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. He retired in August 2021 before Mount Marty played its first game. At Grand View, Woodley coached his 2013 team to a

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title. He was named the NAIA Football Coach of the Year Award that same season, voted the

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Midwest League Coach of the Year in 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2014, and the

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Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2017. Woodley's coaching record with the

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was 93–35. His record with the St. Ambrose Fighting Bees was 14–18. A four-year letter winner in football at the

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, Woodley was a three-time all-conference first team player (1971–1973) and a second-team selection to the

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as a senior. The UNI Athletics Hall of Fame inducted Woodley in its Class of 2005. As a high school football coach, Woodley coached in New Mexico, Iowa and Texas.

Head coaching record

College football

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External links

Mount Marty profile
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