Marc Moody begins his second season as a graduate assistant for the Rainbow Warrior football program. He assists with coaching the linebackers.
Moody came to UH after five seasons as a member of the Pacific University football staff, most recently as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. He was also in charge of recruiting in the Hawai‘i and Southern California regions.
Moody joined the Pacific staff as a defensive assistant and assistant linebackers coach in 2012 and was the defensive ends coach from June 2012 to July 2013 while earning his bachelor’s degree. In July 2013, Moody was named the defensive line coach, JV defensive coordinator, and equipment manager for the Boxers. That season, he helped the Boxers’ defense lead the Northwest Conference in sacks (35) and rank fifth nationally with 3.5 sacks per game, while coaching three all-conference players.
The following year, he helped the defense rank second in the NWC in sacks (25) and coached two all-conference players.
In 2015 he was promoted to defensive coordinator and at the age of 26 became the youngest defensive coordinator in college football. That season his defense finished second in the the conference in sacks, including seven against Division III power Pacific Lutheran. Pacific held a Lute offense that averaged 38.6 points per game to just seven while holding its vaunted option attack to 150 yards below its average. By season's end three of his players earned all-conference honors.
A 2007 graduate of Saint Louis School in Honolulu, Moody played his freshman season at Mississippi Valley State where he was an all-Southwestern Athletic Conference second-team pick and was the runner-up for the conference’s Freshman of the Year award.
Moody spent the 2008 season as a redshirt at Hawai’i before transferring to Saddleback Junior College for the 2009 season. He finished that season with 83 yards receiving and two touchdowns and recorded 14 tackles at linebacker, including eight solo tackles. Following the 2009 season, Moody transferred to Pacific to play out the remainder of his collegiate career. In 2010, he started three games at linebacker before his season ended early due to injury. In 2011, he saw action in seven games and recorded nine solo tackles and seven assisted tackles.
A native of ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu, Moody received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Pacific in 2012. He and his wife, Ashley, have two daughters, Mia Lei and Ariana.
