Baker Woodward has always been a student of football.
From his days as a Calvary Day quarterback to stops as an assistant before taking over as the head coach at Savannah Christian in 2018, Woodward has absorbed everything he’s learned about the game, and he is a master at passing along that knowledge and motivating his players.
Woodward, 42, won a pair of state championship rings as offensive coordinator under Danny Britt at Benedictine, now he’s led his own program to the biggest stage in Georgia high school football as the Raiders are set to face Cedar Grove in the Class 3A state finals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta Wednesday, Dec. 13, with kickoff set for 1 p.m.
A three-sport standout in football, basketball and baseball in his days at Calvary, where he graduated in 2000, Woodward got hooked on the team dynamic of football from the start.
“Football was always my first love,” Woodward said. “I had a lot of great times playing at Calvary. I was under center and we ran the ball a lot. My best memory is in my senior year we went on the road in the second round of the playoffs and beat an undefeated Atkinson County team (20-19). Everybody wrote us off before that game and thought we didn’t have a chance.”
With Woodward at quarterback, the Cavs always had a chance, setting what was then a school record with 10 wins his senior season. Before the rivalry game against Savannah Christian that year, SCPS coach Jack Miller described Woodward as a “smooth operator” and he lived up to that moniker by leading the Cavs to a 28-0 road win over the Raiders that year. He threw for 1,305 yards with 22 touchdown passes and four interceptions as a senior, earning second-team All-Greater Savannah honors.
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Publish date : 2023-12-11 09:04:37
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