Photo: Teddy Bridgewater, Miami Northwestern Win Florida 3A State Championship Game

It took one season for former NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to become a championship-winning head coach.

Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Bridgewater’s alma mater, hammered William M. Raines High School 41-0 in Florida’s Class 3A state title game.

Miami Northwestern finished Bridgewater’s first year at 12-2 and turned into a buzz saw in the state playoffs. The Bulls won their five games by a combined score of 262-12. All but one of those contests was a shutout.

Miami Northwestern quarterback Leon Strawder threw for 365 yards and four touchdowns against Raines, per Clayton Freeman of the Florida Times-Union.

Strawder credited Bridgewater’s coaching with helping him in a big way on the field.

“With Coach Teddy going for me, he was like, ‘Hey, if you’re reading this side of the field, keep your eyes on that guy,’ or when you move and throw the ball,” he said. “He was showing me the ropes, what he was doing when he was playing here. And he just brushed it down to me.”

Leading up to the state championship, Bridgewater said he did not want to “let history repeat itself twice,” referencing Miami Northwestern’s loss in the 2008 title game.

Bridgewater was a freshman when the Bulls were perfect and laid claim to being the best team in the country. Jacory Harris, who went on to play for the Miami Hurricanes, was the starting quarterback that year before Bridgewater took over as the starter in his sophomore year.

“It means a lot to the kids, the school, the community, Liberty City in general,” the 2015 Pro Bowler said after Saturday’s victory, per Jon Santucci of the Palm Beach Post. “When Northwestern is doing well, Liberty City is proud. We’ve been saying this for years and it’s great to be back on top.”