Georgia gamers work out throughout follow inside SoFi Stadium forward of the nationwide championship NCAA Faculty Soccer Playoff recreation between Georgia and TCU, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, in Inglewood, Calif. The championship soccer recreation might be performed Monday. Marcio Jose Sanchez, Related Press
SAN DIEGO — Not lengthy after BYU’s 68-48 victory over San Diego Saturday, a loud cheer erupted contained in the customer’s locker room at Jenny Craig Pavilion.
However the Cougars weren’t cheering about their huge win.
They have been reacting to some thrilling, sudden information about their head supervisor, Jordan “Juice” Woodson.
Coach Mark Pope organized for Woodson, an enormous Georgia soccer fan, to attend Monday’s Faculty Soccer Playoff nationwide championship recreation in Los Angeles, that includes the Bulldogs and TCU.
Pope introduced the information to his workforce after Saturday’s recreation, touching off a celebration within the locker room.
“Juice works so arduous and he’s so improbable. He's a born-and-raised Georgia Bulldog soccer fan,” Pope mentioned after Saturday’s recreation. “I acquired an opportunity to satisfy his dad final 12 months and also you begin to discuss Georgia soccer and his dad nearly breaks down in tears. It’s within the household blood. The sport is right here (in Los Angeles) so we’re going to maintain Juice and certainly one of our (graduate assistants) right here and fly in certainly one of his relations so he can go to it.”
Pope started his basketball teaching profession in 2009 on the College of Georgia as an assistant.
Woodson, who hails from Warner Robins, Georgia, began as a BYU supervisor in 2021 and is at the moment the pinnacle supervisor for this system. Woodson has seven siblings and he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ogden.
“What’s tremendous nice is, our guys love all of our GAs and managers,” Pope mentioned. “They work so arduous. Once we talked to the workforce after the sport, they went loopy. That’s as a result of they love him a lot. He’s sacrificing and dealing so arduous, like all of our managers are. So when we've a chance to do issues like that for them, it’s fairly candy. I’m tremendous excited for him as a result of it means so much to him.”
Saturday night time, Woodson tweeted: “So blessed!!! Phrases can’t specific the appreciation I've for Coach! There isn’t a greater boss on the planet!”