Head Coach
Jim Woods
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Jim Woods will begin his sixth year as head coach of the Randolph-Macon College women's soccer team in the fall of 2007. Woods had been an assistant coach with the women's soccer team for six seasons prior to being promoted in the summer of 2002.
In 2006 , the Yellow Jackets finished the season 10-8 overall and 6-5 in the ODAC, advancing to the quarterfinals of the league tournament.
For the second consecutive season, Rachel McLoughlin and Kara Shapiro earned First-Team All-ODAC honors under Woods' direction.
The 2004 Randolph-Macon squad was 13-5-1, finishing with the most wins since the 1997 season. The Yellow Jackets as a team were ranked 20th in the nation in NCAA Division III in both scoring offense and goals against average.
In 2003, the Yellow Jackets showed improvement under Woods, finishing with a winning record for the first time since the 2000 season. Randolph-Macon was ranked 17th in the NCAA in scoring offense.
For six years as the assistant coach, Woods made an impact on the Randolph-Macon women's soccer program in his work with the defenders and goalkeepers, which have traditionally been noted strengths of the team. The 1996 Randolph-Macon squad was 19-2-1 overall and undefeated in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) regular season standings with a 8-0 record, and went on to win the ODAC tournament and participate in the NCAA Division III championships. The Yellow Jackets had five straight seasons with winning records from 1996 to 2000.
A native of Long Island, New York, Woods was an all-league soccer defender in high school. He went on to play for two years at Drew University, where he was one of only two freshman starters on a team that was 13-4-4 and recorded 10 shutouts in 1987.
Prior to coming to Randolph-Macon, Woods was an assistant coach of both men's soccer and men's lacrosse at Wittenberg University from 1994 to 1996, and was an assistant with the women's soccer and men's lacrosse teams at Lynchburg College from 1992 to 1994. During his time at Wittenberg, the men's soccer program was very successful - the 1994 team was 11-8 overall, while the 1995 squad had a 13-5-1 overall record.
Woods graduated from The State University of New York at Potsdam in 1992 with a B.A. in English. He received a master's degree in education from Lynchburg College in 1994.
Coach Woods and his wife Lisa live in nearby Beaverdam with their son James Benjamin and daughter Riley Elizabeth.