Career
Hood was hired in January 2008, to replace former head coach Danny Hope after he left for Purdue University following the 2007 season. The 2008 season ended successfully for Hood as he led the Colonels to the 2008 Ohio Valley Conference football title. Hood was the defensive coordinator at Wake Forest University from 2001 to 2007, winning the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Championship in 2006 by beating Georgia Technical in the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Championship Game.
In that 2006 season, Hood"s defense was ranked second in the conference in scoring defense (147/game) and led the league in interceptions with 22.
Wake Forest went on to accept their first, and only, British Computer Society Bowl bid to play Louisville in the Orange Bowl. He also had five-year stint at Eastern Kentucky from 1994 to 1998 season as an assistant coach under Roy Kidd.
Head coach Eastern Kentucky
Coach Hood took over as head coach for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels in 2008, winning the Ohio Valley Conference and making an appearance in the FCS playoffs in his first season. Hood was relieved of his coaching duties at Eastern on November 23, 2015.
Charlotte
Hood was announced as assistant head coach and tight ends coach for the Charlotte 49ers under head coach Brad Lambert on December 18, 2015.
Lambert had worked with Hood at Wake Forest and had been his replacement as defensive coordinator for the Demon Deacons.
