John was Head Coach of Cross Country and Track at Princeton High School for 12 years before joining the PDS Coaching staff in 2015. Coach Woodside lead PHS to eight top-5 sectional finishes and two top-5 state finishes as well as collected six Colonial Valley Conference titles in his tenure there. He is the founder and director of the Woodside Cross Country Camp which is dedicated to training high school age runners to to be more competitive distance runners.