JoJo Wooden

Edward Lewis "JoJo" Wooden (born October 14, 1969) is an American football executive who most serves as an area scout for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syracuse Orangemen and had a stint with the Phoenix Cardinals in 1993. Wooden then spent several years as a coach before joining the New York Jets in a scouting position. After 16 years with the Jets, he joined the San Diego Chargers in 2013 as director of player personnel. Wooden served the end of the 2023 season as interim general manager after the firing of Tom Telesco.

Early life Wooden was born on October 14, 1969, in Hartford, Connecticut. The brother of National Football League (NFL) player Terry Wooden, he attended Farmington High School where he was a team captain in football and basketball. In 1989, as a redshirt freshman, he played all 12 games for Syracuse on special teams and totaled 16 tackles. He graduated from Syracuse with a degree in sociology.

Coaching and executive career After being released by the Cardinals, Wooden joined Simsbury High School as an assistant coach, working with the linebackers and running backs. He left the school prior to the 1994 season. He then served for a time as an assistant coach of the NCAA Division II American International Yellow Jackets.

Wooden had kept in touch with Scott Pioli, who was a coach at Syracuse while Wooden played there, and Pioli, now director of player personnel with the NFL's New York Jets, hired Wooden as a pro personnel assistant. In this role, he became the leader of both the team's pro and college scouting departments. After Chargers general manager Tom Telesco was fired with three games remaining in the 2023 season, Wooden was named the team's interim general manager.

On February 26, 2024, the Las Vegas Raiders hired Wooden as a senior director of player personnel.

On February 7, 2025, Wooden was relieved as Raiders senior director of player personnel along with senior national scout Dujuan Daniels.

On April 29, 2026, the Baltimore Ravens hired Wooden to serve as a front office consultant.