Teddy Bridgewater leads Miami Northwestern to Florida State title

Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, a 2014 first-round pick, retired from football after the 2023 season. He is now coaching the match.

And it’s going well.

In his first year as head coach at his alma mater, Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Bridgewater led the team to the Class 3A Florida High School Athletic Association state title Saturday night.

Bridgewater’s Bulls beat previously unbeaten Raines 41-0.

The 32-year-old Bridgewater was hired to turn around a team that went 4-6 in 2023. And he absolutely did. Miami Northwestern went 12-2 and the Bulls outscored their opponents, 262-12, in the postseason.

Drafted by the Vikings, Bridgewater suffered a devastating knee injury just before the start of the 2016 season. He spent four years in Minnesota before eventually spending time with seven teams. His last stop was in Detroit.

He appeared in 79 games with 65 starts. He was the primary starter at Minnesota in 2015, Carolina in 2020 and Denver in 2021.