| Missouri Tigers | |
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| Position: | Director of Athletic Performance |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 19, 1983 Montgomery, Alabama |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Prattville (Prattville, Alabama) |
| College: | UAB |
| Undrafted: | 2005 |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Zac Woodfin (born March 19, 1983 in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American football coach and former linebacker. He was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2005, and went on to have stints with the Baltimore Ravens, Frankfurt Galaxy and the Houston Texans. Zac attended Prattville High School. He played college football at UAB.
In 2004, Woodfin recorded 15 tackles against Houston, he later received C-USA player of the week honors for his accomplishment.[1] He finished with a school-record of 372 tackles.
During the 2005 Combine, Zac was clocked with 4.7 40 yard dash, 37-inch vertical jump and scored a 21 on the Wonderlic intelligence test. He was not selected in the 2005 NFL Draft, however he received training camp offers from the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers.[2] On April 26, 2005 the Packers signed Woodfin and linebacker Roy Manning. Zac, and Wide Receiver Craig Bragg were released by the Packers on November 2, 2005.[3] After being cut by the Packers, Woodfin became a member of the New Orleans Saints practice squad. On December 9, 2005, Woodfin was signed to the practice squad after linebacker Ray Lewis was placed on injured reserve.[4] On June 20, 2006, Woodfin, along with quarterback Sonny Cumbie, linebacker Ricky Foley and defensive back Zach Norton, were released by the Baltimore Ravens.[5] On July 10, 2006 Zac and former Vikings' receiver Bethel Johnson signed with the Houston Texans.[6] He was drafted in the first round of the 2007 NFL Europe Draft by the Frankfurt Galaxy.
In 2006 Woodfin was an intern at UAB. He assisted with football, men's and women's basketball as well as track and field programs. In 2007, he volunteered for Alabama's football team to help assist with in-season training. After he was cut by the Texans, Zac was hired as a performance specialist at Athletes' Performance in Los Angeles. He worked with many clients who played for various organizations in the NFL, NBA, MLB and even Olympic athletes. His main focus was on off-season training for NFL veterans as well as Combine training for recently graduated college players including Sione Fua, Mason Foster and Taiwan Jones.[7] On February 22, 2011, Woodfin was hired by the Packers as a strength and conditioning assistant. His roles included designing, organizing and implementing strength and conditioning programs as well as speed and agility sessions.[8] He replaced former Strength and Conditioning specialist Dave Redding.[9] On January 22, 2014 Woodfin was hired by his alma mater UAB as head of the Blazers Strength and Conditioning Program.[10] The UAB football program was eliminated in December 2014. On December 29, Woodfin was reported to have accepted the Head Strength and Conditioning job at the University of Southern Mississippi.
On February 23, 2017 Woodfin was hired as the new Head Strength and Conditioning coach at the University of Kansas.[11]
Woodfin was hired as the Director of Athletic Performance by the University of Missouri on December 26, 2019.[12]
Woodfin received a bachelor of science degree in exercise science from UAB. He is married Fawn. They have two children, and currently reside in Lawrence, KS.