Bio

Marcus Woodard was named eSports head coach at Dallas College Cedar Valley in September 2022. He coaches NBA 2K and Madden titles. 

In 2022, Woodard coached Aahil Ajani to the National Junior College Athletic Association esports NBA 2K Fall Open title. In 2023, Ajani advanced to the NBA 2K Spring Open semifinals. 

Woodard spent the 2022 spring season as the esports coach at Dallas College Mountain View. While with the Lions, Ajani advanced to the NBA 2K Spring Finals in the first year of Dallas College's esports existence.

Woodard also served as the esports coach at Dallas College Eastfield in 2022.

Prior to Dallas College, Woodard served as the assistant coach of the Hornets Venom GT of the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, North Carolina. There, he prepared and implemented game strategies and basketball analytics, supervised practices and provided leadership and direction relevant to the NBA 2K League. 

For two years, he worked as the league director of Esposure, a Duncanville, Texas-based global esports technology company, organizing tournaments. He was responsible for content creation of videos used in social media marketing purposes. He also shoutcasted tournaments with an emphasis on NBA 2K pro-am and professional leagues.