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Paul Wood |
Head Coach wood@hood.edu |
Paul Wood took over the reigns of the Hood women’s soccer
program at the start of the 2009 campaign.
Wood joined the Blazer coaching staff as a volunteer assistant
when his wife, Jen, was hired as Hood’s head coach prior to
the start of the 2006 season. The husband-and-wife tandem served as
co-head coaches in 2008, guiding the Blazers to one of the most
successful seasons in program history.
Hood finished the 2008 campaign with a record of 10-8-2 and
advanced to the semifinals of the Capital Athletic Conference
tournament, a feat never before accomplished by a Hood
women’s athletic team. The sixth-seeded Blazers outlasted the
third-seeded Stevenson University Mustangs, 3-1, in a shootout
after 110 minutes of scoreless soccer in the quarterfinal matchup.
The program also garnered its first-ever all-CAC citation when
Jennifer Fischer, a freshman defender, was named to the 2008
all-league second team.
In 2009, Hood posted a mark of 8-7-1 but did not qualify for the CAC tournament after going 2-6 in league contests.
A native of Petersfield, England, Wood played professionally for
the Southampton club from 1980-84 and the Petersfield United
semi-pro club from 1984-94. He came to the United States in 1994 to
serve as an assistant coach at Mount St. Mary’s University, a
position he held for three years. He was promoted to head coach and
mentored the Mount for the next 10 seasons before joining the Hood
staff in 2006. Wood was also affiliated with the Mark Mettrick
Soccer School, a camp comprised of nearly 900 youth soccer players
held on the Mount’s campus. In addition, Wood served as the
club coach for FC Frederick (formerly Frederick United).
Wood is a 1984 graduate of Churcher’s College in Petersfield
with degrees in history and economics. The Woods reside in
Hagerstown, Md., and are the parents of three sons, Billy, Owen and
Maddox.
