Shiel Wood - Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties - Football Coaches

Shiel Wood

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Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties

Army head coach Jeff Monken has announced the addition of Shiel Wood to the coaching staff. Wood will work with Nate Woody on the defensive side of the ball.

Wood, a former assistant coach at Georgia Tech and defensive coordinator at Wofford, most recently was Georgia State’s inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator during the 2019 season.

During the 2019 season, Georgia State matched its school-record for victories. With a five-game increase in wins over last season, Georgia State was one the most improved teams in the FBS. Only Navy and Central Michigan have improved more.

In 2018, Wood coached Georgia Tech’s safeties and assisted with special teams, helping the Yellow Jackets to a bowl berth.

As Wofford’s defensive coordinator in 2017, Wood directed a unit that led the Southern Conference in rushing defense (121.7 ypg), while ranking second in the league and No. 26 in the FCS in total defense, allowing just 326.7 yards-per-game. The defensive effort helped lead Wofford to a 10-3 overall record, the outright SoCon championship (7-1 in league play) and an FCS quarterfinal appearance, where the Terriers fell to eventual national champion North Dakota State.

Wood spent a total of eight seasons as an assistant coach at Wofford, coaching the Terriers’ wide receivers (2007-10) and safeties (2011-12, 2016-17) and serving as recruiting coordinator (2016-17) in addition to his one season as defensive coordinator. In his first two years on the defensive side of the ball (2011-12), the Terriers ranked 17th and ninth in the nation in total defense, respectively. As the Terriers’ wide receivers coach (2007- 10), he coached two student-athletes who went on to play in the National Football League, including Carolina Panthers wideout Brenton Bersin.

In all, Wofford won four SoCon titles and advanced to the FCS playoffs seven times in Wood’s eight seasons on the Terriers’ staff.

Wood started coaching in 2006 at Woodruff (S.C.) High School, where he helped lead the Wolverines to a 9-3 record, regional championship and state playoff berth.

Wood, from Spartanburg, S.C., played wide receiver at Wofford from 2001-05 and was the leading receiver on the Terriers’ 2003 squad that won the SoCon championship and advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA semifinals.

He graduated from Wofford in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in government. His wife, Bernadette, was a soccer student- athlete at Wofford. The couple has a daughter, Fay.