St. Edward's University Athletics

Dave Wood begins his sixth season as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the St. Edward’s University baseball team. He leads the Hilltoppers’ recruiting efforts after previously overseeing the pitching staff. He has signed transfers, such as J.D. Arrowood and Joseph Olson, and four-year players including Cameron Stanton and Dylan Watts.

In 2014, under Wood’s guidance, the pitching staff produced a 2.57 ERA, which broke the school record set in 2013 and advanced the Hilltoppers to sixth in the nation. In the four years Wood led the Hilltopper staff, they have produced four of the lowest five ERAs in school history.

Wood came to the hilltop after spending three years in the Kansas City Royals minor league organization. In 2007, he was a member of the Royals in the Arizona Fall League, where he won Player of the Year. During the 2008 season, he split time between the Wilmington Royals and the Burlington (N.C.) Royals, where he was a team captain. His final season, he played for the Class A Burlington (Iowa) Royals, whom he helped lead to the championship series of the Midwest League.

A native of Long Island, N.Y., Wood began his collegiate career at Stony Brook University, where he was named to the Freshman All-America East Team. After transferring to Temple (Texas) College, he was named second-team all-region as both a pitcher and first baseman. His final two seasons, Wood played at Texas State University, where he was second-team all-conference on the 2007 Southland Conference Champion Bobcats.

Wood holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Arts and Sciences with a coaching emphasis from Texas State. He is married to the former Randi Warren; the couple and their sons Reid and Lukas live in Round Rock, Texas.