Teddy Bridgewater’s high school coaching career is in hot water already.
After just one full season since being announced as the Miami Northwestern High School head coach, Bridgewater has been suspended by the school for providing “impermissible benefits” to players.
Bridgewater, still an active NFL QB, had previously asked fans and parents of the school to help pay for expenses not being paid for by the school.
The free agent quarterback responded to the suspension report in a post on Facebook.
“Damn people done caused all this confusion. Got a phone call tonight and it’s no real investigation going on.. I told you I have to be an employee to be investigated. Now the paperwork thing still stands but there was no investigation… We SELF REPORTED,” Bridgewater wrote.
“Verne and his Admnistrative [sic] homeboys want me gone apparently and tried to hire one of my dawgs like bro wasn’t gone lace me up… The suspension came from MNW and it’s impossible to suspend someone who doesn’t work for you. So if im suspended from MNW im free to go to another school of my choice but IM NOT GOING ANYWHERE. And if it comes down to it, I will volunteer from the bleachers like I used to in 2018 and 2019 when no one had a problem. This my last post about this bs.”
The veteran came out of retirement last season to backup Lions starter Jared Goff and did not see any regular season action.
He had previously called out to fans and parents to help pay for expenses he says he paid for out of pocket.
These include “feeding the boys,” daily Uber rides and training camp, which he said cost him $14,000 last year.
Bridgewater added that he was specifically ordering catered meals from black-owned restaurants for his players.
He concluded the request for donations by taking a pop shot at the school’s administration.
“These are all things I choose to do on my own and are not requirements for the boys to have, according to the rule makers and those who make the decisions at MNW,” Bridgewater wrote on Facebook on July 7.
Bridgewater waited to sign his contract with the Lions until December, after leading his school won the state championship.
The former first-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 2014 has not played a regular-season NFL snap since 2023, and he’s played just six total since 2021.
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