![]() ![]() There are so many exhilarating things happening on campus with the addition of athletic programs, new student housing, and new buildings. In a press release by the Grand View athletic department, Woodley stated, "Anybody who’s been in this business long enough knows that the opportunity to start a program from scratch is very rare. He still holds the Panthers' school record for 20 career interceptions. Woodley is a 1974 University of Northern Iowa graduate and four-year football letterman. Woodley is a familiar name in the Iowa football community, after serving as head coach at conference rival Saint Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa from 1991 to 1993 and assistant coach at Iowa State University from 1994 to 2003. Woodley has over 30 years of coaching experience and prior to Grand View, Woodley was head coach at Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena, Texas. Grand View announced that it will be creating a football team in the fall of 2008 with the hiring of Mike Woodley in July 2007. The squads are supported by the athletic department. ![]() Grand View competes in 25 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling while women's sports include basketball, bowling, competitive dance, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling and co-ed sports include cheerleading, eSports (which was established in the fall of 2017) and shooting sports. 2015–16 to present – Heart of America Athletic Conference.1989–90 to 2014–15 – Midwest Collegiate Conference.Men's volleyball and varsity cheerleading were added in 2011. Men's wrestling and football were added in 2008, and women's wrestling was added in 2019. Grand View added women's soccer in 1998 and re-instated competitive dance (2002), cross country (2003), golf (2004) and track (2006) in the early 2000's. Grand View joined the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) after it moved from junior college status in 1979. The Vikings previously competed in the defunct Midwest Collegiate Conference (MCC) from 1989–90 to 2014–15 (when the conference dissolved). The Grand View Vikings are the athletic teams that represent Grand View University, located in Des Moines, Iowa, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) since the 2015–16 academic year. Athletic teams of Grand View University, Iowa ![]()
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