Newman’s Corner

Juston Wood will be the guest speaker for the Wide Receiver position at our youth football coach's clinic.

Coach Wood, who's played in the Arena Football League the last three seasons, was named wide receiver coach at Cal Poly on January 16th. Wood, 28, played quarterback for the New York Dragons in 2006, Philadelphia Soul in 2007 and returned to the Dragons in 2008, before the Arena Football League suspended operations for the 2009 campaign. In those three years, he completed 140 of 230 passes (61 percent) for 1,531 yards and 25 touchdowns. Juston signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings on April 28, 2003, and was released on August 25.

Wood was a standout student-athlete under the tutelage of Walsh at Portland State, twice earning ADA Academic All-American honors. He was a first-team selection for the All-Big Sky Conference as quarterback in 2001 and honorable mention in 2002, serving as team captain both seasons. Juston  was a three-year varsity letter winner in football at David Douglas High School in Portland, and has served as an assistant coach at David Douglas High School for the last three seasons.

Coach Wood, Coach Pyne and others will be speaking at our next clinic for youth football coaches!