Woodward was the fifth head college football coach for the Fort Hays State University Tigers located in Hays, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 1920 until 1922.

Football legend Walter Camp called the 1922 team "a well disciplined organization that fought as a unit.

[1] Woodward left Fort Hays to become the 18th head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1923 until 1926.

[2] In 1938, Woodward led an insurance organization in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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