Getting Defensive

With Woody Widenhofer
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When Woody Widenhofer decided to end his seven-year relationship with Vanderbilt (1995-2001) as the school’s 25th head coach, the legendary defensive guru, who won four Super Bowl rings as a defensive coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers, thought about leaving football for good.

“I was going to retire after I stepped down at Vanderbilt, but Hal called me and convinced me to come down here,” said Widenhofer. “I just met so many people that have such tremendous passion about building this program, so I asked myself, why retire now when I can come down here and lend a hand and do the best I can to help get this program off the ground?”

Coach Widenhofer and Coach Mumme had been friends for years and had always talked about the possiblitiy of joining their philosophies into one football program.

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