Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- tdw012@bucknell.edu
- Phone:
- 570-577-1871
(Records after the 2024-25 season)
Career NCAA Basketball Record: 372-211 (.627)
Career NCAA Women’s Record: 213-76 (.737)
Bucknell Record: 100-66 (.602)
Patriot League Play: 65-33 (.663)
Trevor Woodruff was named the head women’s basketball coach at Bucknell in April 2019. Through three seasons with the Bison, Woodruff has compiled a strong 100-66 (.602) overall record, including a 65-33 (.663) mark against Patriot League opponents. On top of that, Bucknell is 55-23 (.705) when playing at home under Woodruff and 6-5 (.545) in Patriot League Tournament contests.
For his career, Woodruff owns a 213-76 (.737) record coaching NCAA women’s basketball and a 372-211 (.627) overall NCAA basketball record when factoring in his 11 seasons as the men’s coach at Misericordia.
Woodruff was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year in his first two seasons at Bucknell after leading the team to a pair of first-place regular season finishes. He’s the first and only Patriot League women’s basketball coach to win the award in his first two years. Woodruff also guided the Bison to their sixth Patriot League Tournament Championship appearance in 2021-22.
Bucknell improved to 17-14 overall and 11-7 in conference play, finishing sixth in a highly-competitive Patriot League during the 2024-25 season. The Bison upset third-seeded Colgate in Hamilton, N.Y. in a back-and-forth quarterfinal matchup in the Patriot League Tournament. Bucknell's season ended with a 49-39 loss to second-seeded Army in the Patriot League Semifinals
Several players collected individual honors. Ashley Sofilkanich led the league in scoring and won Patriot League Player of the Year while notching spots on the Defensive and First Teams. Woodruff's success with freshmen continued as Reese Zemitis won a spot on the Rookie Team.
Despite facing a rebuilding situation in 2023-24, Bucknell finished 13-18 overall with a win in the Patriot League Tournament. The Bison went 9-9 in a deep Patriot League but due to tiebreakers became the eighth-seed. The Orange & Blue defeated ninth-seed American in the First Round to win a tournament game for the fourth time in five years. Emma Theodorsson won Second Team honors while freshman Ashley Sofilkanich became the first Bison to notch spots on three All-League teams (Defensive, Rookie, and Third Team).
The 2022-23 season witnessed a 13-17 overall record and a 9-9 mark in conference play to finish as the sixth-seed. Bucknell placed Cecilia Collins on the Second Team and Emma Theodorsson on the Rookie Team.
The 2021-22 season, which saw Bucknell eclipse the 20-win mark (24-10) for a sixth consecutive full campaign, culminated with a trip to the second round of the WNIT. The Bison won at Fordham in the first round, marking just the third time a Patriot League team had won a WNIT matchup. The Bison went on to face Drexel in the round of 32 and held a lead late in the fourth quarter before falling to the Colonial Athletic Association's regular season champion.
Bucknell's at-large bid to the 2022 WNIT was a testament to its achievements during the regular season and in the Patriot League Tournament. Having been picked third in the preseason poll, the Bison ended up with the highest NET ranking in the league (100) and reached the Patriot League title game, where they faced top-seeded American.
Woodruff’s Bison finished atop the league in scoring defense for the second time in three seasons and was among the top 20 in the nation in the category for a third straight year.
Bucknell posted an undefeated regular season (8-0) during a shortened 2020-21 campaign and secured the top seed in the Patriot League Tournament for a second consecutive season. Bucknell was one of only two teams in the country to go unbeaten during the regular season. The 2021 Bison sported the country’s fewest turnovers per game and finished second in the league in both scoring defense and scoring offense. Under Woodruff, Bucknell put together a program-record 18-game winning streak that spanned over 13 months.
Woodruff’s first season with the Bison was among the most impressive in Patriot League history as the team won the regular season title by a four-game margin and captured the regular season title at 24-6 overall (16-2 PL). During the 2019-20 campaign, Woodruff elevated the Bucknell scoring defense to eighth in the country with a program-record 53.6 points allowed per game. The team also ranked fifth nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (38.9). The Bison went 13-1 at home and won 20 games by double digits.
Five players have combined for eight All-Patriot League honors during Woodruff’s two years, including 2019-20 Patriot League Player of the Year Ellie Mack. Additionally, the Bison have had a player on the Academic All-League Team three times, the 2021 Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year, three All-Defensive players, and one member of the Patriot League All-Rookie Team.
Before Bucknell, Woodruff compiled a 113-10 record and four conference championships over four years as head coach at the University of Scranton.
Scranton was nearly unbeatable during Woodruff’s four seasons with the team. In addition to the outstanding overall record, the Royals went 53-6 in league play, including a 16-0 record in his first season, while winning four straight Landmark Conference titles. The Royals advanced to the NCAA Division III Final Four in his last season, adding to an Elite Eight appearance in 2016 and back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in 2017 and 2018.
The Royals have a perennially successful program in the Landmark Conference, but the 2019 Final Four appearance was the team’s first since 2006. They finished fourth in the D3hoops.com and WBCA Coaches Top 25 National Polls. Senior Bridgette Mann went on to garner WBCA Honorable Mention All-American honors, and the Royals defense was outstanding the entire season, holding opponents to 48.8 points a game, the eighth-best mark in all of NCAA Division III.
Woodruff was twice named Landmark Conference Coach of the Year, earning the award for the first time while leading Scranton to a 30-1 record, including a 30-game winning streak, in his first season and then again in his third season.
Before his time in Scranton, Woodruff spent 12 seasons as a head coach in collegiate men’s basketball, including 11 highly successful seasons at Misericordia, his alma mater. He led the Cougars to Freedom Conference championships and NCAA Division III Tournament berths in 2012 and 2015, and he was named Freedom Conference Coach of the Year in both seasons. He was also named the 2008 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in the Cougars’ previous affiliation.
Before his stint at Misericordia, Woodruff was the head men's basketball coach at Lackawanna College in Scranton in 2003-04. He led the Falcons to 24 wins and a No. 9 ranking in the final National Junior College Athletic Association Division II poll. The Falcons won the Region 19 and District 9 championships that season, and Woodruff was named Coach of the Year in Region 19 and District 9.
In all, Woodruff has eight conference titles, qualified for nine appearances in national postseason tournaments, and 10 Coach of the Year awards.
On a regional and national level, Woodruff served as an NCAA Division III congressman from 2005 to 2008. He was a member of the men's basketball regional ranking committee from 2012 to 2014, as well as a member of the women's regional ranking committee from 2018 to 2019.
Woodruff began his coaching career in 2001 as the head boys' basketball coach at Delaware Valley High School in Milford, PA.
A 1999 graduate of Misericordia, Woodruff holds his bachelor of arts degree in history. He completed his master’s degree in educational leadership at Wilkes University in 2004.
Woodruff resides in Lewisburg with his wife Melissa and sons Bryce and Casey.
