Football
White, Ted
Ted White
- Title:
- Assistant Coach, Quarterbacks
Veteran collegiate and professional coach Ted White completed his first season as UCLA's quarterbacks coach in 2024. He had been selected to the lead the QB room as part of head coach DeShaun Foster's inaugural staff in March 2024.
UCLA saw solid play from its quarterbacks in 2024. Starter Ethan Garbers threw for 2,727 yards and 16 touchdowns while taking home UCLA's first-ever Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year honor following his 383-yard, five-TD performance at Rutgers on Oct. 19. Backup Justyn Martin also stood out with a 22-for-30, 167-yard outing on the road at nationally-ranked Penn State when called into duty due to an injury to Garbers. At the end of the season, Garbers ranked top-five in the Big Ten Conference in completions per game (21.3, fourth), passing yards per game (247.9, fifth), and total offense per game (260.3, fourth). Garbers was voted the team's Offensive MVP at the program's postseason banquet. Overall, UCLA ranked No. 48 nationally, and No. 8 in the Big Ten, in passing offense at 242.2 yards per game.
White arrived in Westwood with 16 years of coaching experience, most recently serving as offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach for the NFL’s Houston Texans. He spent parts of six years on the rosters of NFL, NFL Europe and CFL teams following a record-breaking career as Howard University’s quarterback.
In 2021, White was an offensive quality control coach at Maryland. He helped in the development of Terrapin quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, who was awarded All-Big Ten honorable mention status after logging single-season program records for passing yards (3,860), completions (328), completion percentage (69.2%) and 300-yard passing games (seven). White also spent 2020 in the Washington metropolitan area, coaching quarterbacks for the XFL’s D.C. Defenders during their pandemic-shortened campaign.
During the first of White’s two seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Prairie View A&M, in 2018, Jalen Morton starred under center. Morton piled up a single-season school record of 3,218 total offense yards (2,344 passing and 874 rushing). He also established a single-game program record with 255 rushing yards – while scoring four touchdowns on the ground – at Arkansas at Pine Bluff. That record had stood since 1953. White was associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arkansas at Pine Bluff in 2016 and 2017, moving to interim head coach during the latter part of that tenure. The Golden Lions saw their scoring offense rise 7.4 points per game from 2016 to 2017.
White was associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, from 2011-15. In 2014, Howard led the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in total offense (384.8 yards per game) and first downs per game (22.0) while ranking third in rushing offense (189.3 yards per game) and passing offense (200.3 yards per game). The 2013 Bison also paced the MEAC in total offense (403.9 yards per game), as well as third-down conversions (47.6%) and fourth-down conversions (68%). At the helm of that offense was MEAC Offensive Player of the Year Greg McGhee, who led the league in total offense (3,275 yards).
In 2012, Howard’s 7-4 record represented its first winning season since 2004. White helped the 2011 group to five wins in his return to the Washington, D.C. campus, surpassing the program’s total of four victories achieved across the previous three years combined. McGhee was selected MEAC Rookie of the Year that season after finishing third in the conference with a total offense rate of 198.5 yards per game. White also guided a standout freshman in 2010, aiding Dray Joseph in his Southwestern Athletic Conference Offensive Rookie of the Year performance while co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Southern.
White got his start in coaching when he headed up the quarterbacks and wide receivers rooms at Texas Southern from 2006-08. He also interned for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders (2015), Minnesota Vikings (2012, 2014) and Atlanta Falcons (2007, 2008) and was a guest coach for the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos (2010), Saskatchewan Roughriders (2010) and Winnipeg Bluebombers (2008).
White finished his playing career with the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes, passing for 2,568 yards and 20 touchdowns from 2003-05. His also had stints with NFL Europe’s Barcelona Dragons (2002) and Frankfurt Galaxy (2000). White’s NFL experience consisted of stops with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers organizations.
White set MEAC career records for passing yards (9,808) and passing touchdowns (92) during his playing days at Howard. He was a first-team Division I-AA All-America selection in 1996 and 1998 and garnered MEAC Player of the Year and Black College Football Player of the Year accolades in 1996.
White was born in Baton Rouge, La. and played football and basketball at Glen Oaks High School. He and his wife, Ladricca, have a daughter named Kelsey.
WHITE'S COACHING EXPERIENCE
2006-08 – Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers, Texas Southern
2010 – Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Southern
2011-15 – Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Howard
2016, 2017 – Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Arkansas at Pine Bluff
2017 – Interim Head Coach, Arkansas at Pine Bluff
2018, 2019 – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Prairie View A&M
2020 – Quarterbacks, D.C. Defenders
2021 – Offensive Quality Control, Maryland
2022 – Offensive Assistant/Quarterbacks, Houston Texans
2024 – Quarterbacks, UCLA
UCLA saw solid play from its quarterbacks in 2024. Starter Ethan Garbers threw for 2,727 yards and 16 touchdowns while taking home UCLA's first-ever Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year honor following his 383-yard, five-TD performance at Rutgers on Oct. 19. Backup Justyn Martin also stood out with a 22-for-30, 167-yard outing on the road at nationally-ranked Penn State when called into duty due to an injury to Garbers. At the end of the season, Garbers ranked top-five in the Big Ten Conference in completions per game (21.3, fourth), passing yards per game (247.9, fifth), and total offense per game (260.3, fourth). Garbers was voted the team's Offensive MVP at the program's postseason banquet. Overall, UCLA ranked No. 48 nationally, and No. 8 in the Big Ten, in passing offense at 242.2 yards per game.
White arrived in Westwood with 16 years of coaching experience, most recently serving as offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach for the NFL’s Houston Texans. He spent parts of six years on the rosters of NFL, NFL Europe and CFL teams following a record-breaking career as Howard University’s quarterback.
In 2021, White was an offensive quality control coach at Maryland. He helped in the development of Terrapin quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, who was awarded All-Big Ten honorable mention status after logging single-season program records for passing yards (3,860), completions (328), completion percentage (69.2%) and 300-yard passing games (seven). White also spent 2020 in the Washington metropolitan area, coaching quarterbacks for the XFL’s D.C. Defenders during their pandemic-shortened campaign.
During the first of White’s two seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Prairie View A&M, in 2018, Jalen Morton starred under center. Morton piled up a single-season school record of 3,218 total offense yards (2,344 passing and 874 rushing). He also established a single-game program record with 255 rushing yards – while scoring four touchdowns on the ground – at Arkansas at Pine Bluff. That record had stood since 1953. White was associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arkansas at Pine Bluff in 2016 and 2017, moving to interim head coach during the latter part of that tenure. The Golden Lions saw their scoring offense rise 7.4 points per game from 2016 to 2017.
White was associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, from 2011-15. In 2014, Howard led the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in total offense (384.8 yards per game) and first downs per game (22.0) while ranking third in rushing offense (189.3 yards per game) and passing offense (200.3 yards per game). The 2013 Bison also paced the MEAC in total offense (403.9 yards per game), as well as third-down conversions (47.6%) and fourth-down conversions (68%). At the helm of that offense was MEAC Offensive Player of the Year Greg McGhee, who led the league in total offense (3,275 yards).
In 2012, Howard’s 7-4 record represented its first winning season since 2004. White helped the 2011 group to five wins in his return to the Washington, D.C. campus, surpassing the program’s total of four victories achieved across the previous three years combined. McGhee was selected MEAC Rookie of the Year that season after finishing third in the conference with a total offense rate of 198.5 yards per game. White also guided a standout freshman in 2010, aiding Dray Joseph in his Southwestern Athletic Conference Offensive Rookie of the Year performance while co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Southern.
White got his start in coaching when he headed up the quarterbacks and wide receivers rooms at Texas Southern from 2006-08. He also interned for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders (2015), Minnesota Vikings (2012, 2014) and Atlanta Falcons (2007, 2008) and was a guest coach for the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos (2010), Saskatchewan Roughriders (2010) and Winnipeg Bluebombers (2008).
White finished his playing career with the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes, passing for 2,568 yards and 20 touchdowns from 2003-05. His also had stints with NFL Europe’s Barcelona Dragons (2002) and Frankfurt Galaxy (2000). White’s NFL experience consisted of stops with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers organizations.
White set MEAC career records for passing yards (9,808) and passing touchdowns (92) during his playing days at Howard. He was a first-team Division I-AA All-America selection in 1996 and 1998 and garnered MEAC Player of the Year and Black College Football Player of the Year accolades in 1996.
White was born in Baton Rouge, La. and played football and basketball at Glen Oaks High School. He and his wife, Ladricca, have a daughter named Kelsey.
WHITE'S COACHING EXPERIENCE
2006-08 – Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers, Texas Southern
2010 – Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Southern
2011-15 – Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Howard
2016, 2017 – Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Arkansas at Pine Bluff
2017 – Interim Head Coach, Arkansas at Pine Bluff
2018, 2019 – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Prairie View A&M
2020 – Quarterbacks, D.C. Defenders
2021 – Offensive Quality Control, Maryland
2022 – Offensive Assistant/Quarterbacks, Houston Texans
2024 – Quarterbacks, UCLA
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