Ray Woodard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ray Woodard

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1961

Place of Birth: Corrigan, Texas, United States

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ray Woodard (born August 20, 1961) is a former American football defensive tackle and former head football coach at Lamar University.
He was hired on May 19, 2008 to resurrect the Lamar Cardinals football program that was discontinued in 1989.
Woodard played college football at Kilgore College and Texas, was selected 199th overall in the 1984 NFL Draft.
He spent the next five seasons with the San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs.
He was a member of the Broncos' 1986 AFC Champion and Super Bowl team. Woodard received his bachelor's degree in kinesiology and history from Sam Houston State University in 1988.
He received his masters in education from the University of Texas at Tyler in 1991.
On October 23, 2014, Ray Woodard earned his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Lamar University.
He joined a select group of Division I coaches with doctorates.
Including Woodard, there were six Division I coaches with a doctorate at the time he received his doctorate.
One of those six was an honorary doctorate.
Woodard was also one of three Division I (FCS) coaches with a doctorate.