Playing career

Woodson played college baseball for NC State from 1982 to 1984. His teammates included Doug Davis, Dan Plesac, Doug Strange, and Jim Toman.

Over his five-year major league career, he played with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Woodson was a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers team that won the 1988 World Series. Notably, against the Cincinnati Reds on September 16 of that year, he struck out for the 27th and final out in Tom Browning's perfect game. Woodson pinch-hit for Dodgers right-hander Tim Belcher. His first career home-run came off of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan.

Coaching career

After his playing career was over, he managed for several years in minor league baseball. Prior to the start of 2007 season, he was named the head baseball coach at Valparaiso, where he coached for seven seasons (2007-13) and led the program to two NCAA Tournament appearances. Prior to the start of the 2014 season, he left Valparaiso to become the head coach of Richmond.

He also works as a Division I men's college basketball referee.

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Woodson's NCAA head coaching records.

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Valparaiso Crusaders (Mid-Continent Conference)
2007	Valparaiso	22-34	10-10	3rd	Mid-Con Tournament
Valparaiso Crusaders (Horizon League)
2008	Valparaiso	21-35	8-13	6th	Horizon Tournament
2009	Valparaiso	28-24	12-11	4th	Horizon Tournament
2010	Valparaiso	24-32	9-10	4th	Horizon Tournament
2011	Valparaiso	25-32	14-10	4th	Horizon Tournament
2012	Valparaiso	35-25	22-8	1st	NCAA Regional
2013	Valparaiso	32-28	13-11	t-2nd	NCAA Regional
Valparaiso:		187-210	88-73
Richmond Spiders (Atlantic 10 Conference)
2014	Richmond	24-28	13-12	5th	Atlantic 10 Tournament
2015	Richmond	28-25	15-9	2nd	Atlantic 10 Tournament
Richmond:		52-53	28-21
Total:		239-263

[ Source: Wikipedia ]