 After the 1927 season, Woodruff stepped down to focus on his insurance business.Georgia governor Richard Russell, Jr. appointed Woodruff as an initial member of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents in 1932, and Woodruff served on that board until 1945.His son reported that Woodruff would call up Dwight D. Eisenhower, cursing at him, telling him to get Georgia players out of the Army.