Buddy Wooten named as Offensive Coordinator at St. Aloysius

VICKSBURG, Miss. (VDN) — St. Aloysius Head Football Coach Bumper Brogdon has named Buddy Wooten as the Offensive Coordinator. This will be Wooten’s first season as the Flashes’ OC as he first stepped in to lend a hand last year.

“I was granted the opportunity to come out last year and help out in a part-time role and that lit that fire plus it was getting close to retirement so I jumped on the opportunity,” Wooten said. “I’m very excited and looking forward to it and we’re going to do the best we can with these boys.”

Wooten is no stranger to coaching football as he spent many years teaching the game before stepping into an administrative position with the Vicksburg-Warren School District. He first began coaching in 1998 at Warren Central Junior High School where he spent his first two years as an assistant before becoming the Head Junior High Coach. Brogdon and Wooten both coached at the junior high together where the team won a couple of conference championships. 

After three years with WCJHS, Wooten took over the ninth grade program for three years, winning one district title, before moving up to help with the varsity team. With the Vikings’ varsity team, Wooten started out coaching the defensive backs and wide receivers before moving on to coaching the offensive and defensive line. 

After over a decade of coaching, Wooten spent the spent the next five years as an assistant principal  before accepting the Head Principal position at Redwood Elementary where he would spend the next 10 years.

Nowell that Wooten is retired from the VWSD, he is all hands-on with the Flashes as they are now in summer workouts.

“I’m looking forward to coaching these young men and being apart of the Vicksburg Catholic School,” Wooten said.