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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