Chad Wood was announced as the inaugural head coach for the co-ed clay target varsity sports team in August of 2019, which will begin competition in the 2020-21 academic year.
Wood began his tenure at Wartburg in September of 2019, spending the year recruiting and preparing to kick off the inaugural season in 2020. The program will compete as an independent, as clay target shooting is not an American Rivers Conference sponsored sport.
A native of Prairie City, Iowa, Wood has experience with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and as a high school trapshooting coach. He is no stranger to a new program, as he orchestrated the launch of the trapshooting team at Prairie City-Monroe High School in 2017.
At the Banner Shooting Range in Indianola, Iowa, serving as the DNR shooting sports range officer, Wood oversaw daily operations as well as gave shooting instructions and training to local high school sports clubs and more.
Wood is also NRA Shotgun One and Range Safety Office certified and has experience as an archery instructor and hunting guide.
