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 2024âÂÂwinning 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.