Rutgers adds two Drake coaches to new defensive staff
Rutgers Football makes its first two defensive staff additions under new DC Travis Johansen in Drake HC Joe Woodley and DC Adam Cox.
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Looks like they overlapped at Grand View. Woodley had a solid 1st year at Drake too. Seems like another good get to poach another sitting FCS HC, this time not even for the DC job (though wouldn't shock me f he got a co-DC type title).
Would still like to see some more P4 (or at least FBS) experience on the defensive staff, but as far as apparent Xs & Os ability, hard to complain with these two.
Would still like to see some more P4 (or at least FBS) experience on the defensive staff, but as far as apparent Xs & Os ability, hard to complain with these two.
Looks like the Cignetti "competence" over "potential" (a P4 position coach) is taking hold, at least at RU.
Like what I’m seeing with these hires. Experience and a tradition of winning at each of their stops.
Rutgers adds two Drake coaches to new defensive staff
Rutgers Football makes its first two defensive staff additions under new DC Travis Johansen in Drake HC Joe Woodley and DC Adam Cox.
Adam Cox, Drake’s defensive coordinator, will be the safeties coach.Rutgers adds two Drake coaches to new defensive staff
Rutgers Football makes its first two defensive staff additions under new DC Travis Johansen in Drake HC Joe Woodley and DC Adam Cox.www.on3.com
Mo Toure had posted on X that Rutgers was considering the Fairleigh Dickinson DC as LB Coach. He is the former HC of Irvington HS.
As long as they don’t come with his pretentiousness we’ll be fine.Yeah, but do you know who played at and was a GA at Drake?
As soon as I saw Drake, I knew this was coming. I will still keep an open mind.Yeah, but do you know who played at and was a GA at Drake?
A lot of solid football coaches in Minnesota and Iowa.
I somehow etched Drake and his hometown etched in my memory. ADS maybe.
no, no, no..that was the Drake Company where Ash told them to get rid of the Yodels and Devil Dogs.Yeah, but do you know who played at and was a GA at Drake?
Sounds like a great hire, resume might be from lower ranks but a real sucess story
>In 2024, Woodley led the Vikings to an undefeated season before bringing home a national championship on Dec. 21. He was named the NAIA North Division Conference Head Coach of the Year in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024, when ESPN named Woodley as one of the 30 coaches who will "define the next decade of football."<
Drake football coach Joe Woodley resigns; reports say he has assistant job at Rutgers
Joe Woodley is leaving Drake University after just one season as head coach, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel.
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Did we let any assistants go or are we now at 242 staff members?
If I’m not mistaken, the screenshots Mo posted mentioning him as a candidate came from this very site. We shall see but I don’t mind the idea of some more local flavor with the position coaches. Even in the NIL era recruiting is still a thing.
I would hire the best X and O's guys I could find. High school recruiting comes down to one thing and one thing only $$$$. Any kid or coach that tweets or tells you different, they're full of sh*t.
Powerhouse schools (sarcasm)!! Didn’t even know drake had football. Chris ash hires imo.
Admits that he didn't even knew that Drake had football but knows enough to have an opinion about their coaches. I guess we should have tried to lure away some assistant from a top notch program like Notre Dame. How about Andy Buh??? Should we have pursued him instead?? He's coached at some of the top programs in the nation.
Winners breed winners
Haven’t listened to the latest pod yet so it’s possible there’s a deep dive on this already, but another advantage to poaching multiple HCs is opening multiple portal windows at their old schools. Sure, not ideal to overly rely on FCS programs for portal additions, but Drake and South Dakota both made the playoffs. They’re legit and i’m sure both teams have multiple guys who could help us.
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I believe that prior to yesterday we had a grand total of two defensive position coaches.
This is the guy we want to get.
Mikey Munn (DB): FCS Football Central All-American (Second Team), First Team All-MVFC
Mikey Munn - Football - University of South Dakota Athletics
Mikey Munn (12) Defensive Back - CAREER HONORS First Team All-Conference (DB) (2025) 2025 | Sophomore First Team All-Conference (DB) performer … at
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Definitely should be on the radar. IMO we should also be going for anyone with remaining eligibility who was high up on either team's list of sacks/TFLs. Just looked at our team stats for 2025: 47 TFLs and 11 sacks. Our opponents had 69 and 38, respectively. We've gotta blow up more plays behind the line and especially get after the QB, and I'm not confident yet that we have the personnel to do it.This is the guy we want to get.
Mikey Munn (DB): FCS Football Central All-American (Second Team), First Team All-MVFC
Mikey Munn - Football - University of South Dakota Athletics
Mikey Munn (12) Defensive Back - CAREER HONORS First Team All-Conference (DB) (2025) 2025 | Sophomore First Team All-Conference (DB) performer … at
Your opinion is not an intelligent one.
Probably won’t happen but Coach Smoke would be a great hire that could help with Jersey recruiting.