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Scott Wooster

UPDATED 3-26-2020
  • Spent 11 years (2009-19) on Paul Winters' staff
  • Tutored 47 Academic All-GLIAC selections in the last seven seasons (2013-19)
  • Mentored 13 All-GLIAC honorees as O-Line coach, including GLIAC Offensive Lineman of the Year
  • Coached four of the last nine WSU Offensive Rookie of the Year award recipients

Former Wayne State University student-athlete Scott Wooster joined the WSU football coaching staff in the spring of 2009 and served his first four years as the tight ends coach before moving to offensive line coach in the spring of 2013.  The 2019 campaign was his seventh season as offensive line coach, and 11th on Paul Winters’ staff.

In 2019, 10 of his O-linemen earned GLIAC All-Academic Excellence honors for maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5.  In addition, three members of his group received All-GLIAC recognition.  Junior Landin Mitchell was First Team All-GLIAC plus Second Team All-Super Region 3 by Hansen's Gazette.  Both senior Adam McJunkin and junior Lane Potter were voted to the All-GLIAC Second Team as the squad compiled a 7-1 league record.

The offensive line corps helped WSU rank 10th in fewest turnovers (12), 14th nationally in time of possession (32:40), 24th in fewest sacks allowed per game (1.18) and 28th in yards per completion (14.61).  The Warriors led the GLIAC (for league games only) in red zone offense (83% - 19-of-23), ranked second in scoring offense (29.6 points per game), passing touchdowns (13) and third-down conversion percentage (41% - 43-of-105), while ranking third in rushing yards per game (194.6) and average yards per carry (4.6).

The previous year in 2018, he helped tutor two First Team All-GLIAC selections in Tommy Richardson and Israel Helms, along with WSU Offensive Rookie of the Year Reid Thompson.  WSU ranked 28th nationally in fewest tackles for loss allowed per game (5.09), and 39th in yards per completion (13.74).  In addition, seven of his student-athletes received Academic All-GLIAC recognition, including six on the Excellence Team.  Helms had tryouts with both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

During the 2017 campaign, Wooster mentored an inexperienced offensive line that helped WSU rank 15th nationally in time of possession (32:54), 29th in fewest tackles for loss allowed (4.82 per game), 33rd in fewest sacks allowed (1.36 per game), 37th in red zone offense (84.8%), and 38th in rushing offense (192.9 yards per game).  The 2017 offensive line had a combined three career starts at the beginning of the season. 

In addition, two members of his group received GLIAC All-Academic Excellence honors (Greg Webber and Charlie Younger), while Helms was named to both the Honorable Mention All-GLIAC Team and the GLIAC All-Academic Team.  In addition, true freshman right tackle Lane Potter received WSU's Offensive Rookie of the Year award.

Wooster tutored two All-GLIAC performers in 2016 in left tackle Nate Theaker (GLIAC Offensive Lineman of the Year) and right guard Robert Kelly.  Theaker earned numerous All-America accolades (AFCA, D2CCA and Associated Press) and participated in the NFLPA Bowl as well as the NFL Combine.  Kelly had free agent tryouts with Kansas City and Atlanta.  Theaker was on the practice squad with both the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints during the 2017 NFL season.

A total of seven offensive linemen earned Academic All-GLIAC recognition, including five who were named to the All-Academic Excellence Team for maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better.  Three of his student-athletes (Theaker, Alex Ziedas and Andy Zimmerman) received membership into the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.

WSU scored the third-most TD in the GLIAC (52) in 2016 and finished sixth nationally in rushing offense (274.3 ypg), 10th in fewest TFL allowed (4.18 pg) and 23rd in yards per completion (14.59).

He mentored two 2015 All-GLIAC performers in First Team selection Tommy Richardson and Second Team honoree Robert Kelly.  On the classroom side, the offensive line contingent produced two Academic All-GLIAC Excellence Team honorees in Ziedas and Zimmerman, along with four who received Academic All-GLIAC recognition in Ed Reny, Richardson, Theaker and Greg Webber.

In 2015, the WSU offense ranked 18th in yards per completion (14.83), 21st in red zone offense (86.8%), 33rd in time of possession (31:44) and 43rd in the rushing offense (194.0 yards per game).

The previous year, he mentored two National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society selections in Thom Box and Ben Walker.  Five members of his group (Richardson, Walker, Webber, Ziedas and Zimmerman) were GLIAC All-Academic Excellence honorees with another five players (Box, Mike Komor, Reny, Jake Sheets and Theaker) earning Academic All-GLIAC recognition.  Theaker was a First Team All-GLIAC honoree with Walker receiving Honorable Mention All-GLIAC accolades.  Box was the squad's recipient of the Randy Guzowski Award, which goes to the individual who has demonstrated team leadership and shown exemplary school and community citizenship. 

On the field in 2014, Wooster's corps ranked 12th nationally in fewest sacks allowed (0.91 per game) and 23rd in fewest tackles for loss allowed (5.18 per game).  WSU also ranked third in Division II in red zone offense at 90.5 percent which coincided with 28 rushing touchdowns and over 215 rushing yards per game.

At the conclusion of the 2013 campaign, four of his offensive linemen were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team with one (Walker) earning All-Academic Excellence accolades.  In addition, redshirt freshman Robert Kelly was the recipient of the Warriors Offensive Rookie of the Year award, while Walker was an Honorable Mention All-GLIAC selection.  WSU rushed for over 190 yards per game and 20 touchdowns during the 2013 season.

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Wooster's entire 2012 tight end group consisted of either true freshmen or redshirt freshmen.  He had one player earn Academic All-GLIAC honors (Ethan Walsh) and another (Trent Brodbeck) be voted WSU's Offensive Rookie of the Year.

His 2011 tight ends corps helped the Warriors to a school record for overall wins (12), road wins (8), while winning four consecutive road playoff games to reach the national title contest.  In addition, senior Greg Oberstaedt was named to the GLIAC All-Academic team.

The Warriors ranked in the top 40 nationally in four offensive categories for the 2011 campaign -- ninth in fewest sacks allowed (0.94 per game), 23rd in scoring offense (34.38 ppg), 26th in passing efficiency (144.02) and 33rd in rushing offense (200.56 ypg).

In 2010, one of his student-athletes (Austin Hughes) was named to the All-GLIAC Honorable Mention team, while also receiving the Ron Solack #35 Award.

In addition, WSU was second in the league in both rushing touchdowns (27) and fewest sacks allowed (9).  In terms of NCAA rankings, the Warriors finished sixth in fewest sacks allowed per game (0.82), 30th in rushing offense (194.73 yards per game) and 45th in scoring offense (31.55 points per game).  All three of his players (Hughes, Greg Oberstaedt and Cory Zauner) earned GLIAC All-Academic honors for the 2009 campaign.

After attending Eastern Michigan in the fall of 1995, he transferred to WSU in the spring of 1996 and saw limited action that season for the Tartars.  He then started all 11 games for WSU in both 1997 and 1998 at right tackle.  As a senior and team captain, Wooster lettered as a left guard in 1999.  He was twice named to the MIFC All-Academic team (1997 and 1999).

Wooster earned his undergraduate degree from WSU in 2001 and a master's in exercise science with a concentration in exercise & sport psychology in 2007, also from WSU.

Prior to joining the WSU coaching staff, he served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Warren Mott High School.

He is married to former WSU softball player Christina Vitale, and the couple resides in Shelby Twp. with their daughter, Elliana Faith.


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