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Joe Woods

Pass Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs

College: Illinois State University

Hometown: North Vandergrift, Pennsylvania

Experience: 21 years

Biography

Returns for his second stint with the Raiders, bringing with him 33 years of coaching experience, including the last 21 seasons in the NFL…He most recently served as the defensive coordinator with the New Orleans Saints from 2022-2023 after serving as defensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns from 2020-22…Prior to his tenure in Cleveland, served as defensive backs coach and pass game coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers in 2019…He spent four seasons in Denver from 2015-18, where he served as defensive backs coach his first two seasons and as defensive coordinator his final two…In 2014, he coached the Oakland Raiders secondary…Prior to his season in Oakland, spent eight seasons coaching defensive backs for the Minnesota Vikings (2006-13)…He worked as a secondary coach in Tampa Bay from 2004-05…Before joining Tampa Bay, he served as the defensive backs coach for three seasons (2001-03) at Western Michigan…He coached the same position with Hofstra (1998-2000), Kent State University (1997) and Grand Valley State University (1994-96)…Began his coaching career as a defensive backs coach at Muskingum College (1992) before working as a graduate assistant coach at Eastern Michigan University (1993).

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