Chadron State College Athletics

Wood remembers that he barely escaped being cut from the basketball team as a freshman at Chadron State in 1975-76, but he got to play in the final 11 games that season and averaged 11.6 points. The next two years he was a stalwart on a pair of 17-6 teams that were coached by Larry Riley.  The Eagles went 15-10 his senior year in 1978-79 when he teamed with Steve Coon to form a dynamic duo. Wood averaged 19.6 points, shot 54.7 percent from the field and 75 percent from the free throw line that season. He earned all-district honors and was selected to play in the first Nebraska Collegiate All-State Game at the end of that season.
Wood finished his career with 1,130 points, 10th best on the all-time list at the time. He later coached the Eagles for 10 years.  His 1993-94 team tied for the RMAC championship and he was chosen the conference’s coach of the year. In 1997, Wood returned to his hometown of Buena Vista, Colo., where he taught math and coached the boys’ basketball team to a 283-72 record, nine conference championships and won two state championships in 1999 and 2001. In the summer of 2008, Wood was named head coach at Mountain Vista High at Highlands Ranch, Colo.
His wife, the former Terri Jaggers of Hay Springs, is a CSC graduate and taught business at the college while the couple lived in Chadron.