Howard University head coach Larry Scott is bringing in Tory Woodbury to run his special teams unit.
Woodbury has been hired as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach for Howard University, the reigning MEAC champion.
Woodbury has a bevy of experience in both the professional and collegiate ranks over the past two decades. He was most recently hired as special teams coordinator with the Houston Roughnecks, formerly of the XFL and now of the UFL.
He came to Houston after holding the same position with the St. Louis Battlehawks of the XFL.Woodbury made an impact in St. Louis after coming on as a late addition to the staff in St. Louis. His unit earned “play of the year” honors in the XFL for a fake punt against the Vegas Vipers.
Tory Woodbury, of course, is no stranger to HBCU football fans. The Winston-Salem State native led his hometown HBCU to back-to-back CIAA Championships in 1999 and 2000 as a quarterback. He spent the next half-dozen seasons in the NFL, making his living on special teams.
Woodbury then started his coaching career at Delaware State University as running backs coach under Kermit Blount, his college head coach. He followed Blount to Johnson C. Smith where he served as offensive coordinator for three seasons.
He then took his talents west to the Los Angeles Rams where he started out as a scout and eventually landed on the coaching staff over a four-year stretch from 2017 to 2021.
Woodbury spent the 2022 season at Morgan State as the special teams coordinator for Damon Wilson.