ALBANY, GA. — The Howard football program became the third black college to name a former standout quarterback as its new head football coach when Ted White was chosen last week to replace Larry Scott leading the Bison.
White, a record-setting QB for Howard from 1995 to 1998, follows former Florida A&M quarterback Quinn Gray who was named the Rattlers new head coach in late
White December and former Winston-Salem State QB Tory Woodbury who the Rams chose as their new leader in early December. Scott left Howard after five seasons to become the tight ends coach at
Auburn.
In addition to his playing prowess, White brings an extensive coaching resume as he returns to lead Howard.
As a player, White, who earned the nickname “Sweet Flight” for his beautiful ball delivery, became the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference’s career passing yards (9,808) and passing touchdowns (92) leader during his four-year career. Those records still stand today.
The 6-2 rugged 225-pound Baton Rouge, La. native led the Bison to a 24-8 record in his three years as a starter including a Heritage Bowl win and black college national championship during a 10-2 1996 campaign. He was named the MEAC’s offensive player of the year that season after passing for 36 TDs to 12 different receivers. The 36 passing touchdowns in a season is second all-time to Florida A&M’s Patrick Bonner who threw for 28 TDs in 1998. In 1998, White set the MEAC single-game record as passed for 561 yards and eight touchdowns vs. Florida A&M
in a game played in Jacksonville, Florida. In that game, he and Bonner (7 TDs) combined for 15 passing TDs in a 69-41 Howard win.
As a pro, White played in the NFL with four teams (Kansas City, Tampa Bay, Jacksonville and Oakland), had stints in NFL Europe with the Frankfort Galaxy and the Barcelona Dragons before spending three seasons (2003-05) in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes. He became a member of the MEAC Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Howard Hall Of Fame in 2014.
He began his coaching career as a quarterbacks and receivers coach at Texas Southern from 2006 to 2008 under his former head coach at Howard, Steve Wilson. It continued with stints at Southern as offensive coordinator (2010), back at Howard under former Bison standout Gary “Flea” Harrell as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2011-2016) before assuming similar duties at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2016-18) and at Prairie View A&M (2019).
That was before joining fellow former Howard QB and head coach Pep Hamilton with the XFL’s DC Defenders (2020) as quarterbacks coach. He spent the 2022 season in the NFL with the Houston Texans as an offensive assistant and Quarterbacks coach before returning to the college ranks at UCLA in 2024 as quarterbacks coach.
He spent the 2025 season as an offensive analyst at Maryland under
head coach Mike Locksley.