He has spent more than four decades in college football, including two stints at Clemson in various capacities and coaching roles at four Southeastern Conference programs during his career.
and was raised in Atmore, Alabama, where his father, Woodrow Sr., served as the principal of Escambia County Training School for 39 years.
[1] After lettering in football and basketball in high school, he later played quarterback at Alabama State from 1968 to 1971, helping the Hornets to a 25-15-1 record in that span under the leadership of head coaches Whitney Van Cleve (1968) and Henry Holbert (1969-71).
After six seasons at the high school level, he began his college coaching career at North Carolina Central in 1978.
Alabama won the 1992 national title with McCorvey serving as wide receivers coach, a year punctuated by a 34-13 win over heavily-favored Miami (Fla.) in the Sugar Bowl.
[5] In that role, McCorvey helped running back Shaun Alexander establish a number of school records and go on to a Pro Bowl career with the Seattle Seahawks.
In 1993, David Palmer broke program records for catches and receiving yards and earned first-team All-America honors.
The year before, McCorvey helped tailback Travis Henry finish second in the league (and 14th in the nation) with 1,314 in rushing yards.
He also coached Jamal Lewis, who finished in the top five on Tennessee's all-time list for career rushing yards and became an All-Pro after being selected as the No.
In 2004, McCorvey departed Tennessee to serve as offensive coordinator at Mississippi State for Sylvester Croom, who had been hired as the first African-American head coach in SEC history.
He coached at Clemson in the 1980s under Danny Ford and knows all about our winning tradition.” In his current role, McCorvey serves as the primary liaison between Swinney and the athletic and IPTAY administrations.
That year, Dabo Swinney became the first three-time Paul "Bear" Bryant Award recipient in history after Clemson finished the first 15-0 season in major college football since 1897.