One HBCU football coach opening is reported to be filled, and a program legend is who will fill that once vacant spot.
According to a Football Scoop report, Winston-Salem State has hired former all-CIAA quarterback Tory Woodbury as the team’s new head coach.
Woodbury led the Rams to back-to-back CIAA championships in 1999 and 2000, also earning all-conference honors in the process.
Woodbury briefly played for the New York Jets before turning to coaching under his mentor and college coach Kermit Blount.
Woodbury served as running backs coach at Delaware State and offensive coordinator at Johnson C. Smith under Blount before becoming a college scout and assistant special teams coach with the Los Angeles Rams, earning a Super Bowl ring 2021.
He will replace Robert Massey, who resigned after a 25-34 record in six seasons.
