August 5, 2011
R.I. native named Colorado College men's coach
by PR Wire Report/
Sean Woods, a Newport, R.I. native, has been named head coach at Colorado College.
Woods has served as the head coach at Mars Hill for the last five years. Woods will replace Guy Van Arsdale, who recently accepted the head coaching position at Jacksonville.
Woods had an overall record of 51-24 in his five years at Mars Hill. During that time his teams won three Deep South Conference championships (2009, 2010 and 2011), and he was named conference Coach of the Year for three years (2007, 2009 and 2010).
Woods' 2011 team finished the year with an 11-4. His Lions were ranked third nationally among NCAA Division 2 schools in scoring offense and fourth in margin of victory.
Woods' 2010 team finished with a 10-4 record. The Lions were rated ninth nationally and were ranked in the nation's Top 10 in both offense and defense that year.
In the five years prior to Woods' arrival, Mars Hill's win-loss record was a combined 19-47.
"I have followed CC athletics very closely over the years and am very excited and thankful to be the Tigers' new head men's lacrosse coach," Woods said.
Woods started his coaching career at Brown University, where he was an offensive assistant and a goalie coach during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. He helped lead the Bears to a second-place Ivy League finish in 2002.
Woods graduated from Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in anthropology. He was a four-year letterwinner and won Hartwick's Coaches Award his senior year.
