Scott Woodard - Softball Coach

Scott Woodard

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
woodards@uab.edu
Phone:
975-7800

UAB softball head coach Joe Guthrie announced the addition of Scott Woodard to his staff on July 20, 2020. Woodard will serve as an assistant coach for the Blazers working primarily with hitting and recruiting duties.

“I am absolutely thrilled to announce Scott Woodard as our next assistant softball coach at UAB,” said Guthrie. “He was at the top of the list of who we wanted to hire and will compliment Courtnay and I very well on our staff. Scott is known as one of the best recruiters and teachers in softball. His accomplishments at both Auburn and Arizona State speak for themselves. He will be assisting our program in all aspects of the game and we are very excited to work with him and welcome him to Birmingham.”

Woodard brings with him over 30 years of coaching experience with stints at Auburn, Arizona State and DII Western New Mexico.

As an assistant coach at Auburn from 2013-17, Woodard helped accumulate four 40-plus win seasons and back-to-back Women’s College World Series appearances in 2015 and 2016 including the 2016 WCWS final. Woodard helped the Tigers break 23 records, 17 on offense. He also helped develop 13 All-SEC performers including 2016 SEC Player of the Year and two-time First Team All-American Kasey Cooper.

Prior to his time at Auburn, Woodard served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Arizona State from 2011-13. While at ASU, Woodard helped the Sun Devils to a pair of WCWS appearances in 2012 and 2013 accumulating over 50 wins in each season.

Before moving to Tempe, Woodard spent 15 years as director of athletics and head softball coach at his alma mater Western New Mexico University. He helped the Mustangs restart their softball program in 1998 and held his position as head coach until 2001, returning again in 2008.

Woodard also served as WNM head baseball coach until the program was cut in 1993 and assistant football coach from 1992-96.

The Carlsbad, N.M. native played short stop for the Mustangs where he was named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic All-Conference Team twice in his career. He graduated from WNM in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Master of Arts in administration in 1986. He was inducted into the Western New Mexico Athletic Hall of Fame in September of 2017.