A tireless worker and recruiter, Wood has built a solid program into one that is among the best in the region. The Cowgirls have made the NCAA Tournament in five of Wood's first seven seasons. In 2006 the team advanced to the Elite 8 and ended the year ranked #6 in the NSCAA/Adidas National Rankings. 

His teams have not shied away from going against some of the toughest competition in the nation. In the last five years, the Cowgirls have played seven teams that have advanced to at least the Final Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Striving to get to the top of the NCAA ladder, Wood has had to play all of those games on the road, either in the regular season or the NCAA playoffs. The Cowgirls have made trips to Wheaton, Puget Sound, Trinity and Emory in search of the best competition. Although not always successful, the Cowgirls have been competitive in all of those on the road situations.

In the last eight years the Cowgirls are 90-1-3 in games against the American Southwest Conference and have outscored its ASC opponents 613 - 21 in that time. The Cowgirls have won eight straight ASC regular season titles and five straight tournament titles.

In each of the last six seasons the Cowgirls have been ranked in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America National Poll at some point, reaching a high of #4 in 2007, #5 in 2005, #7 in 2004 and #6 in 2006. In the 2006 NCAA National Championship Tournament the Cowgirls advanced out of the group of death by defeating national powers Puget Sound, Trinity and UC-Santa Cruz before losing to eventual national champion, Wheaton College.

Eleven HSU players have been named All-Region a total of ten times under Wood's guidance. Current players Lauran Newbrough, Amy Kuykendall and Christi Carr were 1st Team All-Region performers in 2006. 4 Cowgirls have been named All-American. Current players Amy Kuykendall and Chrisit Carr along with Whitney Piendak and Mollie Porter.

In his first eight years Wood has a career mark of 139-19-14, which already makes him the school's all-time winningest coach and places him as #4 on the list of NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Coaching Records by WInning Percentage and #7 for all levels.

Wood has been named the ASC Coach of the Year four times and has twice been named the NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year.  In 2001 and 2004, Wood was a finalist for National Coach of the Year. 

Prior to HSU, Wood was a highly-successful assistant coach at both Cumberland College (Ky.) and Gardner-Webb (N.C.) University. His most recent stop was a one-year stint at GWU, where he helped turn the program from 6-13 in 1998 to 13-9 in 1999. The Lady Bulldogs also upset the No. 1 team in the nation.

Wood coached the Bettendorf (Iowa) Soccer Association team to the U18 Iowa State Championship in 1999. He had a 41-7-2 record as the head coach for the youth team.

At Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee, Ill.,Wood was team captain, team MVP, NCCAA All-Region and was a NAIA Academic All-American. Wood graduated from ONU as the school's second all-time leading scorer. Wood was also a three-time Olympic development player in Iowa.

Wood holds a Premier Coaching Diploma through the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. He earned his Premier in April of 2004 in Lilleshall, UK.  He earned his master's degree from Hardin-Simmons in Sports and Recreation Management. Marcus and his wife Kelley were married on December 17, 2005 and they reside in Abilene, TX.