The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Inside Wide Receivers/Tight Ends
- Email:
- cnwoods@uab.edu
- Phone:
- 975-9536
Casey Woods enters his third year as the tight ends coach at UAB, while also serving as the run game coordinator and handling the recruiting efforts for the Blazers.
Woods helped guide the Blazers to their best offensive season in program history, which resulted in an 11-3 overall record and winning the school’s first ever Conference USA title and bowl game.
The Blazers set 21 school record in 2018, including total points (418), total yards (5,680), rushing yards (2,818), total touchdowns (53), rushing touchdowns (32), single game total yards (668 vs. UTSA) and single game rushing yards (419 vs. UTSA).
Woods’ tight ends unit was led by co-starters Logan Scott and Hayden Pittman, who did most of their damage in the run game as key additional blocker to Spencer Brown, who ran for 1,227 yards and a school-record 16 touchdowns.
In 2017, Woods’ unit included the inside wide receivers as well as tight ends and was led by slot receiver Collin Lisa who hauled in 33 catches for 439 yards.
Along with coaching tight ends, Woods has been on the front lines of UAB’s nation-wide recruiting efforts and roster management, which has been at the top of Conference USA since the reinstatement of the program.
Prior to joining the Blazers, Woods spent three years as the Director of Player Personnel at Auburn University from 2013-15. During his time at Auburn, the Tigers amassed a record of 27-13, which included a run to the national title game in 2013 and a 12-2 overall record.
In 2012, Woods coached the wide receivers and served as the recruiting coordinator for Arkansas State. The Red Wolves were 10-3 in Woods’ lone season and won their final eight games, including a 17-13 victory over No. 25 Kent State in the GoDaddy.com Bowl.
From 2009-11, Woods was as an offensive quality control assistant at Auburn. He was a member of the 2010 national championship team led by current NFL star Cam Newton. Auburn finished the season 14-0 and defeated Oregon 22-19 in the Fiesta Bowl to claim the title.
Woods was a graduate assistant at his alma mater, the University of Tennessee, in 2008. He played in 41 games for the Vols from 2003-07 as a wide receiver and holder. In his five seasons in Knoxville, Tennessee went 44-20 overall and had three 10-win seasons.
Woods is a native of Starkville, Mississippi, and played his high school ball at Starkville Academy.
He and his wife Lauren have three children: Waverly Grace, Sawyer Davis and Adaline Leigh.
