Longtime NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater could have retired from the league, however he’s not stepping away from the sport.
Bridgewater, who capped his decade-long profession with a visit to the NFC championship sport final weekend as Jared Goff’s backup, was introduced as the brand new head coach at Miami Northwestern Senior Excessive Faculty, his alma mater.
The Florida highschool introduced the hiring on social media Friday.
The varsity’s athletic director, Andre Williams, advised ESPN Bridgewater has at all times maintained his ties to this system and is already assembly with gamers and coaches.
“Teddy, he’s by no means left the college,” Williams stated.
“Since he’s been within the NFL the final 10 years, and positively in faculty, he was at all times on the faculty through the offseason, figuring out with the younger males, giving them his information of the sport. He’s by no means left the college, so we’re simply formally bringing him again as the pinnacle coach.”
Bridgewater’s hiring doesn’t come as a lot of a shock.
He advised the Detroit Free Press in December he would retire from the NFL after this season with the Detroit Lions and was enthusiastic about teaching a highschool program.
“I wasn’t involved as a result of he’s at all times expressed that he wished to return again and coach at his alma mater, Northwestern, and he was at all times current,” Williams advised ESPN.
“He’s a really humble younger man. He very seldom reveals his feelings, however I’m certain he was extraordinarily excited. He talked about that he was attempting to carry his composure within the announcement not too way back.”
Bridgewater performed quarterback for Miami Northwestern from 2008-2010 and threw for greater than 5,000 yards, main the Bulls to the state finals.
He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings with the No. 32 decide within the 2014 NFL draft.