East Tennessee State University

Star Wood served as head football coach and athletic director at ETSU during the late fifties and early sixties. He became the winningest coach in ETSU football history (65-52-6). Also, he led the Bucs to seven winning records, including a tie for the Ohio Valley Conference Championship. Wood was named OVC Coach of the Year in 1958 and in 1962. Wood, along with coaching and serving as athletic director, was a professor of English from 1952 until his retirement in 1977, and four years later was inducted into the ETSU Athletic Hall of Fame.