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'What I was born to do': Auburn assistant football coach Marcus Woodson

By Jeff Shearer
AuburnTigers.com

AUBURN, Ala. - Days away from beginning a career in law enforcement, Marcus Woodson received a life-changing phone call.

"Just before I was getting ready to go on the job, I was presented the opportunity to go and be the defensive backs coach at Millsaps," said Woodson, Auburn's new assistant coach.

It didn't take long for Woodson to realize his calling.

"My first day on the job, I knew that this was what I was born to do," he said.

Woodson steadily climbed the coaching ladder, from Division III Millsaps to Charleston Southern, Fresno State and Memphis.