Been Around Block: Sean is Out of the Woods as SWAC Head Coach Returnee

He won't duplicate what Porter Moser achieved at Loyola of Chicago, but new Southern LA coach Sean Woods, one of eight coaches to go from an HBCU institution to a predominantly white school, joined the following alphabetical list of active coaches who were bench bosses of two different members of the same league:

Active Coach Conference Previous School Present School
Duggar Baucom Southern Virginia Military (2014-15) The Citadel (since 2015-16)
Horace Broadnax Mid-Eastern Athletic Bethune-Cookman (1997-98 through 2001-02) Savannah State (since 2005-06)
Bobby Collins Mid-Eastern Athletic Hampton (2002-03 through 2005-06) and Winston-Salem State (2007-08 through 2009-10) Maryland-Eastern Shore (since 2014-15)
Steve Donahue Ivy League Cornell (2000-01 through 2009-10) Penn (since 2015-16)
Cliff Ellis Sun Belt South Alabama (1976-77 through 1983-84) Coastal Carolina (since 2007-08)
John Groce Mid-American Ohio University (2008-09 through 2011-12) Akron (since 2017-18)
Bill Herrion North Atlantic/America East Drexel (1991-92 through 1998-99) New Hampshire (since 2006-07)
Barry Hinson Missouri Valley Missouri State (1999-00 through 2007-08) Southern Illinois (since 2012-13)
Bob Huggins Big 12 Kansas State (2006-07) West Virginia (since 2012-13)
Ernie Kent Pacific-10/12 Oregon (1997-98 through 2009-10) Washington State (since 2014-15)
Cuonzo Martin Southeastern Tennessee (2011-12 through 2013-14) Missouri (since 2017-18)
Porter Moser Missouri Valley Illinois State (2003-04 through 2006-07) Loyola of Chicago (since 2011-12)
Kevin Nickelberry Mid-Eastern Athletic Hampton (2006-07 through 2009-10) Howard (since 2010-11)
Bruce Pearl SEC Tennessee (2005-06 through 2010-11) Auburn (since 2014-15)
Keith Richard Sun Belt Louisiana Tech (1998-99 through 2000-01) Louisiana-Monroe (since 2010-11)
Sean Woods SWAC Mississippi Valley State (2008-09 to 2011-12) Southern LA (since 2018-19)