The United Football League is providing opportunities this spring for multiple people with ties to the Chattanooga area, including a pair of Northwest Whitfield High School alumni.
Isaiah Mack, who followed his time with the Bruins by starring at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, is off to a great beginning in his second UFL season and first playing for the Orlando Storm. The 30-year-old defensive tackle has compiled a sack and three tackles for loss in the Storm’s 3-0 start.
LaQuentin Taylor, meanwhile, is getting the chance to work as an assistant for the Louisville Kings as part of the UFL’s National Coalition of Minority Coaches.
“It’s an opportunity to learn and grow,” said Taylor, a 2002 graduate of Northwest who is currently an assistant at Ridgeland High School. “It’s been a great opportunity to meet different coaches from different parts of the country. It’s not just everybody from the Southeast; it’s meeting guys from the (Washington, D.C.) area, meeting guys from out West, and just continually being able to learn and grow in this profession, and hopefully I can continue it by helping guys behind me.”
Taylor made sure to point out the UFL is “one step below the NFL.”