MIAMI – Former Louisville star and longtime NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is returning to his alma mater, Miami Northwestern High School, as the program’s new head coach.
Miami Northwestern Athletic Director Andre Williams confirmed the hire to ESPN on Friday morning.
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Williams said that Bridgewater, 31, who retired from the NFL following the Detroit Lions loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, starred at the school before moving on to Louisville and the NFL.
Bridgewater, a 2014 first-round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings, played for seven NFL teams, most recently the Detroit Lions. He told the Detroit Free Press in December that he would retire after the season and planned to coach high school football.
“Teddy, he’s never left the school,” Williams told ESPN. “Since he’s been in the NFL the last 10 years and certainly in college, he was always at the school during the offseason, working out with the young men, giving them his knowledge of the game. He’s never left the school, so we’re just officially bringing him back as the head coach.”
Miami Northwestern had a coaching vacancy after parting ways with Michaelee Harris following a 4-6 season last fall.
Williams confirmed that Bridgewater is already at the school and has met with the team’s returning players and other coaches.
Bridgewater amassed 6,712 passing yards and 70 touchdowns at Miami Northwestern before moving on to Louisville, where he earned Big East Rookie of the Year honors and won Sugar Bowl MVP after guiding the Cardinals past Florida as a junior.
