Won 2000 Elijah Pitts Award (named after the Conway, Arkansas, native and Green Bay Packer legend) for Conway athletic lifetime achievement.

Woodson accepted the head coaching job at Hardin–Simmons University in 1941.

During World War II, Woodson served for three years as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy.

He was head coach at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas from 1972 to 1973 and later was consultant at New Mexico Highlands.

Woodson coached players who won the national rushing title nine times: Woodson died of colon cancer on February 22, 1998, at his home in Dallas, Texas.