Southern Jaguars quarterbacks coach White leaves for Howard University Bison

Coach Ted White

The Southern University football program will have at least one change to its coaching staff this season. Quarterbacks coach Ted White, a former Glen Oaks High School standout, has left Southern to become offensive coordinator at Howard, his alma mater.

“He asked me if I minded that, and I said no,” SU coach Stump Mitchell said. “I would never try to prevent someone from advancing their career.”

Southern’s passing game was hot and cold last season as the Jaguars finished 2-9, posting their worst record in school history. SU ranked fourth in the Southwestern Athletic Conference at 218.5 yards per game, but its completion percentage (47) was eighth in the 10-team league.

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SU quarterback coach stresses details

Each afternoon, the quarterbacks at Southern University begin practice with something so simple, so routine, it’s almost an afterthought to everyone else. It wasn’t an afterthought to Ted White. White, the Baton Rouge native and first-year SU quarterbacks coach, watches carefully as his players speak. Or, more accurately, he listens. Is the timing right? Do they sound OK? Do the quarterbacks bob their heads too much? White watches, listens and instructs.

The quarterbacks’ cadence is important, he says — not just to them, but to the entire offense.

It’s one of those details that might help the Jaguars’ new pro-style offense go from being average to being great. “If you want to run any type of offense, and you want the offensive linemen and receivers and everyone else to get used to your cadence, you have to practice it every day,” White said. “That’s what they do in the NFL. That’s what they did when I played college football. You try to bring those experiences from everywhere you’ve been.”

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