Born in London, England, and raised in Sheffield, Woods played with the youth team and reserve team at Rotherham United FC from the age of 16-18 before traveling to the U.S to play Division I men's soccer. Woods was a four year Letterman for Missouri State University, winning two regular season conference titles in that period primarily playing as a central midfield player. After finishing playing with Missouri State, Woods was excited to carry on working in the game of soccer and continue his coaching education. The head coach at The University of Tulsa Men's Soccer team, Thomas McIntosh, recruited Woods to join his coaching staff as the Graduate Assistant. Woods joined the University of Tulsa in the Fall of 2017 and has been working with the team while completing his Masters in Business Administration at the university.  Having always enjoyed coaching Woods started his coaching education early, and while he was still playing in the U.K. Woods helped coach the academy teams at Rotherham United F.C and obtained his F.A Level 2 license when he was 17. Woods has continued coaching while in the United States, working in time to coach camps while still a player at Missouri State and as the Graduate Assistant at the University of Tulsa, as well as helping with local high school teams and club teams. Woods is currently undertaking the UEFA B coaching license, and will be certified by the end of 2018.