Football
Hood, Justin
Justin Hood
- Title:
- Safeties
- Email:
- football@davidson.edu
- Phone:
- 2155
Justin Hood
Ashland '08
Second Season
Recruiting Areas: Georgia (East of I-75), Kentucky, West Virginia
Justin Hood joined the Davidson football coaching staff in March 2016 as safeties coach and recruiting coordinator.
Prior to Davidson, Hood served as defensive coordinator at Capital University.
An Ashland graduate with nearly 10 years of experience as a student-athlete and assistant coach, Hood comes to Davidson after his two seasons as defensive coordinator for the Capital University football team after his hire in March 2014. He also specialized in coaching defensive backs for the Crusaders.
In his first season, Hood placed one of his student-athletes on the All-Conference team when safety Jimmy Curtis was named to honorable mention status. Under his tutelage, Curtis led the Crusaders in tackles (59), interceptions (3), passes defended (8), and forced fumbles (4). Capital, as a team, finished seventh in the country with 15 total fumble recoveries in 2014.
Before arriving in Columbus, Hood served as a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois, a position he held for nearly two years. He worked with the cornerbacks and also had responsibilities in scouting, film breakdown and coaching the scout offense and special teams.
Prior to Illinois, Hood worked in two different positions at the University of Oregon. During the 2011-12 season, he was an intern working with the offense and in quality control. Hood assisted in coaching running backs, evaluated high school and junior college running back prospects and communicated defensive coverage on game days. From 2010-11, he was a recruiting administrative assistant, working in all phases of recruiting. During his two seasons, the Ducks won back-to-back Pac-12 championships, finished as the national runner-up in 2011 and won the Rose Bowl in 2012.
Hood was also a Bill Walsh Intern with the New York Giants in August of 2013, assisting in coaching the running backs and managing the scout special teams.
Hood was a four-year starter and two-year captain at Ashland University, an NCAA Division II school. A defensive back, he was named second team All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2007.
Hood graduated from Ashland with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2008. He earned his master’s at Illinois in education policy and leadership in 2013.
THE HOOD FILE
Education: B.A., Marketing – Ashland, 2008; M.A., Education Policy and Leadership – Illinois, 2013
Playing Experience: Ashland University, 2004-2008
HOOD YEAR-BY-YEAR
2016-pr.: Davidson (Safeties/Recruiting Coordinator)
2014-15: Capital University (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
2013-14: University of Illinois (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
2011-12: University of Oregon (Offensive Quality Control Intern)
2010-11: University of Oregon (Recruiting Administrative Assistant)
August 2013: New York Giants (Running Back Intern)
Ashland '08
Second Season
Recruiting Areas: Georgia (East of I-75), Kentucky, West Virginia
Justin Hood joined the Davidson football coaching staff in March 2016 as safeties coach and recruiting coordinator.
Prior to Davidson, Hood served as defensive coordinator at Capital University.
An Ashland graduate with nearly 10 years of experience as a student-athlete and assistant coach, Hood comes to Davidson after his two seasons as defensive coordinator for the Capital University football team after his hire in March 2014. He also specialized in coaching defensive backs for the Crusaders.
In his first season, Hood placed one of his student-athletes on the All-Conference team when safety Jimmy Curtis was named to honorable mention status. Under his tutelage, Curtis led the Crusaders in tackles (59), interceptions (3), passes defended (8), and forced fumbles (4). Capital, as a team, finished seventh in the country with 15 total fumble recoveries in 2014.
Before arriving in Columbus, Hood served as a graduate assistant at the University of Illinois, a position he held for nearly two years. He worked with the cornerbacks and also had responsibilities in scouting, film breakdown and coaching the scout offense and special teams.
Prior to Illinois, Hood worked in two different positions at the University of Oregon. During the 2011-12 season, he was an intern working with the offense and in quality control. Hood assisted in coaching running backs, evaluated high school and junior college running back prospects and communicated defensive coverage on game days. From 2010-11, he was a recruiting administrative assistant, working in all phases of recruiting. During his two seasons, the Ducks won back-to-back Pac-12 championships, finished as the national runner-up in 2011 and won the Rose Bowl in 2012.
Hood was also a Bill Walsh Intern with the New York Giants in August of 2013, assisting in coaching the running backs and managing the scout special teams.
Hood was a four-year starter and two-year captain at Ashland University, an NCAA Division II school. A defensive back, he was named second team All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2007.
Hood graduated from Ashland with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2008. He earned his master’s at Illinois in education policy and leadership in 2013.
THE HOOD FILE
Education: B.A., Marketing – Ashland, 2008; M.A., Education Policy and Leadership – Illinois, 2013
Playing Experience: Ashland University, 2004-2008
HOOD YEAR-BY-YEAR
2016-pr.: Davidson (Safeties/Recruiting Coordinator)
2014-15: Capital University (Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
2013-14: University of Illinois (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
2011-12: University of Oregon (Offensive Quality Control Intern)
2010-11: University of Oregon (Recruiting Administrative Assistant)
August 2013: New York Giants (Running Back Intern)
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