He served as the head football coach at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa from 1991 to 1993 and Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa 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 Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota.
[1] At Grand View, Woodley coached his 2013 team to a NAIA Football National Championship title.
[5] A four-year letter winner in football at the University of Northern Iowa, Woodley was a three-time all-conference first team player (1971–1973) and a second-team selection to the 1973 Little All-America college football team as a senior.
The UNI Athletics Hall of Fame inducted Woodley in its Class of 2005.