Coaching Career
After a brief stint as Reds TV commentator, Woodward returned to FSU from 1975-1978 as head baseball coach. After working as an assistant general manager for both the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees, Woodward was named the general manager of the New York Yankees in October 1986. His resignation at the end of the 1987 season lead to a flurry of moves as then-manager Lou Piniella was promoted to general manager, and (for the fifth time) Billy Martin was named Yankees manager.
The Philadelphia Phillies hired Woodward as general manager in October 1987, and fired him in June 1988, and in July 1988 he became the general manager of the Seattle Mariners, working there until his retirement at the end of 1999. In Jan. 2009 the Mariners hired him to work as a part-time scout.
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