BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Growing up in Baton Rouge and attending Glen Oaks High, it was always an aspiration of Prairie View coach Heishma Northern to one day don the blue and gold of Southern.After finishing his high school career, it became a reality when Northern accepted a scholarship offer to play for the Jaguars. And during his time as a player under coach Pete Richardson, he realized what he hoped to do after playing football: He wanted to become a head coach.
“I’m grateful to Baton Rouge,” said Northern, who played at Southern from 1992-95. “I want to thank Coach Richardson for inspiring me to become a coach. I’ll always remember getting advice from him.”
Three years ago, that goal was realized when Prairie View made Northern its head coach. Heading into Saturday’s game at A.W. Mumford Stadium, Northern is faced with the task of facing the school he once was inspired by.
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