Joe Woods

Pass Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs, Las Vegas Raiders (LV).

Quick Facts

• Role: Pass Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs
• Team: Las Vegas Raiders (LV)
• NFL experience: 21 years
• Reports to: Klint Kubiak (Head Coach)
• Coaching tree: see Coaching Trees

Background

Joe Woods joins the Raiders in 2025 as the pass game coordinator/defensive backs coach, bringing with him 33 years of coaching experience, including 21 years of coaching in the NFL ranks. Woods enters his second stint with the Raiders after spending the 2014 season in Oakland as the defensive backs coach. This time, Woods joins the Silver and Black after spending the last two seasons (2023-24) with the New Orleans Saints as the defensive coordinator. Over his two seasons in New Orleans, Woods' defenses ranked ninth in the NFL in third down conversion percentage allowed (37.7%) and fourth in the league in fourth down conversion percentage allowed (47.2%). His defenses also totaled 46 takeaways over the last two seasons, tied for the 12th most in the NFL over that span.