When he was only two years old, Woodcroft made his acting debut as a child in the 1979 Littlest Hobo pilot episode. Additionally, in the 1986 movie Separate Vacations, he played Bobby Moore.
The San Jose Sharks signed Woodcroft as an assistant coach in July 2008 to work with head coach Todd McLellan.
The squad announced that head coach Todd McLellan, assistant coaches Jim Johnson and Jay Woodcroft, and video coordinator Brett Heimlich had “parted ways” with them in 2015.
The Edmonton Oilers hired assistant coaches Jim Johnson and Jay Woodcroft on June 25, 2015, to work alongside head coach Todd McLellan, who had just been hired.
On April 27, 2018, Woodcroft was named the Leader of the Bakersfield Condors, an American Hockey League affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers.
The Condors had a regular-season record of 105-71-21 under his direction, and in the 2020–21 season, they won the Pacific Division playoff championship.
The Oilers declared Dave Tippett was removed from his position on February 10, 2022, and they introduced Woodcroft as their brand-new interim head coach.
Edmonton hired Woodcroft to a three-year contract on June 21, 2022, to keep him as the team’s head coach following a victorious run to the Western Conference Finals.
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