Trust is front and center for BYU’s new O-line coach

New BYU offensive line coach TJ Woods works with players during spring camp in Provo on March 16, 2024. | Jaren Wilkey, BYU Photo

TJ Woods can be a hero in Provo if he produces an effective Big 12 offensive line at BYU this fall.

It’s a tall order, remembering how BYU’s run game struggled in its inaugural year as a Power Five program with five wins and no bowl game.

“It’s awesome. It’s been a real pleasure to work with a tremendous head coach and work with good people, good coaches, and more importantly, coach great kids. That’s the biggest thing for me.”

BYU offensive line coach TJ Woods

What BYU’s offense needs is a bulldozer-minded front that wants to be physical. It needs hungry players who want to be challenged and led. It needs depth. It needs technicians who can impose their will on opponents and players who hold themselves accountable. It would help if the line could pass block as well, at least better than a year ago.

Of course, every football program wants a taste of that in an O-line.

Woods is up to the task, although he discounts his own importance in turning things around. He’s just thrilled and excited to coach, teach, enjoy the athletes in the room and take it down the road together.

“It’s awesome” Woods says of his first months at BYU. “It’s been a real pleasure to work with a tremendous head coach and work with good people, good coaches, and more importantly, coach great kids. That’s the biggest thing for me.”

One thing that stands out in BYU’s spring practices is who is wearing BYU gear, including Woods, a former instate USU coach.

What head coach Kalani Sitake has done is tap into many of the connections he’s made over his career — regardless of rivalries — to get the best teacher/coach/recruiters available.

If you look at practice, and with Woods, it really stands…

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Publish date : 2024-03-19 22:40:22

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