Roderick Woods enters his second season as an assistant coach with the women’s basketball program at South Carolina State. Woods comes to SC State after spending 12 years as the head women’s basketball coach and athletics director at Clinton Junior College in Rock Hill, S.C.
During his time at Clinton, Woods amassed over 180 victories and coached three Region X Players of the Year (2010, 2012, 2014). His players not only excelled on the court, but they were successful in the classroom as well. Six of Woods’ players were named valedictorians of their graduating classes at Clinton.
Prior to coaching on the collegiate level, Woods served as an assistant coach at Lamar High School in Lamar, S.C. from 1999-2001.
During the summers of 1997-2014, Woods spent his time recruiting and leading basketball camps at various institutions including Rutgers University, the University of Connecticut, Eastern Kentucky University, Duke University and the University of Illinois. He also served as the Associate Director of the Nike Girls Basketball Camp at Amherst College.
Woods was an All-Region X First-Team performer at Spartanburg Methodist College. He was a member of the team that advanced to the championship game of the 1992 NJCAA National Championship. Woods then went on to play at Eastern Kentucky University from 1994-1996 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1999.
The Florence, S.C. native is the son Phyllis Evans and the late Al Woods. After the passing of his father, Woods returned to his home where he graduated from Wilson High School in 1991.
Woods is married to Katrina Judge-Woods and they have three children: Oriona (16), Kaiden (6) and Kaelyn (4).
Woods is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in sports administration from American Public University.
