He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy from 1938 to 1940, compiling a record of 12–13–3.

Wood was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on September 6, 1900, and raised in Baltimore, Maryland.

[1][2] After graduating from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, he attended Johns Hopkins University, before transferring to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

[3] Serving in China and Europe during World War II, Wood was chief of staff of the 13th Armored Division.

[3] Wood died at the age of 87 on June 7, 1988, at the William Hill Health Care Center in Easton, Maryland.