{"id":777317,"date":"2026-02-26T10:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/777317\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:26:21","slug":"former-usc-wr-robert-woods-named-los-angeles-rams-assistant-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/777317\/","title":{"rendered":"Former USC WR Robert Woods named Los Angeles Rams assistant coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 25, 2026, 8:30 a.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Last week, former USC All-American wide receiver Robert Woods <a href=\"http:\/\/trojanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/trojans\/football\/2026\/02\/19\/usc-football-alumnus-robert-woods-retires-nfl\/88744251007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced his retirement in the NFL<\/a>. A second round pick in 2013, Woods spent 13 seasons in the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">So what will he do next? On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RamsNFL\/status\/2026039417752924500?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">it was announced<\/a> that Woods will be joining the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>\u2019 coaching staff. Woods will serve as the team\u2019s assistant wide receivers coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Woods played for Los Angeles from 2017-2021. That stretch consisted of the most successful portion of his career in the league, including winning Super Bowl LVI following the 2021 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Prior to his NFL career, Woods played at USC from 2010-2012. As a sophomore in 2011, he set program records, catching 111 passes for 1,292 yards and 15 touchdowns. He was named a Consensus All-American following the season, and was also a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now, he is set to try his hand out at coaching. Who knows, if things go well, maybe he could even join USC\u2019s staff someday down the line.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 25, 2026, 8:30 a.m. PT Last week, former USC All-American wide receiver Robert Woods announced his retirement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[95878,7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424,98210,96358,95882,96219,96027,95924,95896,95888,95899,95906,103425,96839,95884,95883,98212,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-777317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rams","16":"tag-sstssportscollegetrojansfootball","17":"tag-sstsnfootball","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagbig-10-hub","20":"tag-tagcollege-sports","21":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnfl","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagoverall-positive","26":"tag-tagrobert-woods","27":"tag-tagsouthern-california-trojans-football","28":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","29":"tag-tagsports-news","30":"tag-tagusc-trojans","31":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}