Joe Woodley

Joe Woodley
Current position
TitleLinebackers coach
TeamRutgers
ConferenceBig Ten
Playing career
1999–2003Iowa State
PositionLinebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2005St. Ambrose (DB/LB)
2006–2007Johnston HS (IA) (DL/LB)
2008–2017Grand View (DC)
2018Grand View (OC)
2019–2024Grand View
2025Drake
2026–presentRutgers (LB)
Head coaching record
Overall80–9
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
13–5 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NAIA (2024)
1 PFL (2025)
6 HAAC North Division (2019–2024)

Joe Woodley is an American college football coach. He is an assistant coach for Rutgers University, a position he has held since 2026. Woodley served the head football coach for Grand View University from 2019 to 2024—winning a national championship in his final season. He was the head football coach at Drake University for one season, in 2025. Woodley was an assistant coach at Grand View from 2008 to 2018 under his father, Mike Woodley, who was the first head coach for the program. The younger Woodley played college football as a linebacker at Iowa State University and was co-captain of the Cyclones' 2003 team.