Woody McCorvey
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Woodrow McCorvey is a long-time American football coach and administrator who currently serves as the chief of staff for the football team at Clemson University. He has spent more than four decades in college football, including two stints at Clemson in various capacities and coaching roles at four Southeastern Conference programs during his career. McCorvey coached at the Division I level for 26 years, earning bowl berths in 17 of those seasons, and coached or signed 36 players who went on to professional football careers as well. He worked for three coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame, including holding significant roles under Danny Ford, Gene Stallings and Phil Fulmer, and worked for four national championship coaches in Ford, Fulmer, Stallings and Dabo Swinney.
Early life and education
McCorvey was born in Grove Hill, Alabama, and was raised in Atmore, Alabama, where his father, Woodrow Sr., served as the principal of Escambia County Training School for 39 years. After lettering in football and basketball in high school, he later played quarterback at Alabama State from 1968 to 1971, helping the Hornets to a 25–15–1 record in that span under the leadership of head coaches Whitney L. Van Cleve (1968) and Henry Holbert (1969–1971). He earned his bachelor's degree from Alabama State in 1972 and added a master's degree from the University of West Florida in 1977.
Career
Early years
McCorvey began his coaching career J. M. Tate High School in Cantonment, Florida, where he coached from 1972 to 1977. After six seasons at the high school level, he began his college coaching career at North Carolina Central in 1978. One year later, he was hired as an assistant coach at Alabama A&M. In his four seasons there, he helped the program produce the sixth-ranked rushing offense in Division II in 1981 after finishing 11th in the nation in scoring offense in 1980.
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