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The 6'7" Stoddard was born in [[East Chicago, Indiana]]. He was a member of the 1971 East Chicago [[Washington High School (East Chicago, Indiana)|Washington High School]] Senators [[basketball]] team, which went undefeated (29-0) and won the [[Indiana]] state high school basketball championship. Among his teammates were [[Pete Trgovich]] (who played at [[UCLA]]) and [[Junior Bridgeman]] (who played at [[University of Louisville|Louisville]] and in the [[NBA]]).
Stoddard attended [[North Carolina State University]] where he was a two-sport athlete, playing baseball under Coach [[Sammy Esposito]] and basketball under Coach [[Norm Sloan]].<ref name="gopack.com">{{cite web|url=http://gopack.com/news/2011/3/23/A_Unique_2_Sport_Athlete.aspx|title=A Unique 2-Sport Athlete|website=NC State University Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/north_carolina_state_university_baseball_players.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=2 July 2012|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/68rJ97vw5|archivedate=2012-07-02}}</ref>
Stoddard pitched collegiately for NC State from 1972-1975. Stoddard was 12-3 in 1974 and ranks 4th on the single-season NC State ERA list with a 1.05 ERA in 1975. The team won three ACC Championships in Stoddard's four seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gopack.com/documents/2017/2/8/UpdatedBaseballHandbook.pdf|title=Record Book (PDF)|website=NC State University Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0007703#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-2764.9926,0,10038.9853,5690|title=Tim Stoddard, pitcher - 0007703 - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections - NC State University Libraries' Rare and Unique Digital Collections|website=d.lib.ncsu.edu}}</ref>
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