Coach Teddy Bridgewater Closing in on High School State Championship

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As recently as last season, former Minnesota Vikings first round draft pick Teddy Bridgewater was playing in the NFL. This fall, however, he is a head football coach at his alma mater, Northwestern High School, in Miami, Florida. How is it going for the rookie head coach?

Former Minnesota Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater nearing state title as high school head coach

Well, the Bulls are 8-2 on the year and earned the No. 1 overall playoff seed in their section, thanks to a five game winning streak, to close their regular season. How did his head coaching postseason debut go? A 69-0 route over Barron Collier (Naples, FL). Now that’s how you send a message to the rest of the state tourney field.

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Northwestern (Miami, FL) is set to square off against the 4-seed (7-4) Lely Trojans on Friday, another school out of Naples. The two teams have not played each other this season. Bridgewater and his squad need four straight victories to claim what would be Northwestern’s ninth state championship.

Bridgewater not done as an NFL QB just yet?

Of course, securing the No. 1 seed and blowing out your first round opponent guarantees nothing. Northwestern still has a long way to go. No matter, it appears our old friend Teddy Bridgewater is pretty good at this whole coaching thing. That doesn’t mean he’s done playing football, though, which he made clear in a tweet yesterday.

Maybe he’s serious about a return to the league, but right now Teddy is proving his talent as a football coach. Bridgewater played in 79 career NFL games. It would be wild to see a 32-year-old Bridgewater return to the NFL after winning a high school state title as a head coach. I suppose if he’s healthy and has the itch though, that could be a nice launching pad.

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