UNDER TEAM IS LOOKING TO MAKE TWO NATIONAL TITLES IN A ROW. WELL LAST YEAR THE TEAM WON THE TEN U TITLE AND THEY’RE DOING ALL THIS WHILE BEING LED BY HEAD COACH, MAKING SOME HISTORY OF HER OWN. WDSU ANCHOR DARRYL FORGES SHOWS US HOW. GET BACK. THE GRIND OF WINNING A TITLE. IT’S A PAT. SO MANY TAKE, BUT ONLY A FEW SUCCEED FOR THE LOUISIANA WAY TRAVEL FOOTBALL TEAM. THEY ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL LAST SEASON, WINNING THE ULTIMATE CHAMPION BELT. HOW COVETED IS THIS BELT? IT IS VERY COVETED. IS HARD TO GET IS AS UNIQUE. IT’S HARDER. LED BY THEIR HEAD COACH. ERICA WISE IS A PROUD MOMENT FOR ME WHILE LEADING HER TEAM TO VICTORY. COACH WISE MADE SOME HISTORY OF HER OWN, BECOMING THE FIRST FEMALE FOOTBALL HEAD COACH TO WIN A NATIONAL TITLE IN LOUISIANA. COACH WISE SAYS HER PASSION FOR FOOTBALL CAME FROM HER TWO OLDER BROTHERS WHO WERE ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS. WATCHING THEM PRACTICE, I JUST FOUND A LOVE FOR IT AND MY BIG BROTHER SHANNON, HE WAS COACHING AND THAT’S WHY I FELT I WAS IN COLLEGE. HE ASKED ME, HEY, CAN YOU COME HELP ME, COACH THE PEEWEE FOOTBALL TEAM? COACH WISE EVENTUALLY WORKED HER WAY UP TO A HEAD COACHING SPOT. COACH SAYS EVEN THOUGH SHE’S HAPPY WITH HER ON FIELD SUCCESS, HER PLAYERS OFF THE FIELD SUCCESS IS EVEN BETTER. BUT I HAVE TO. STUDENT OF THE YEAR CAN IS THAT ONE LAST YEAR TO BE STUDENT OF THE YEAR AND THE ENTIRE SAINT TAMMANY PARISH. SO IT’S MORE ABOUT HELPING BUILD OUR YOUNG MEN UP ON AND OFF THE FIELD FOR ME NOW. I’M BACK ON THE FIELD. TO STAY IN RIGHT PLAYERS FROM ALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND OTHER STATES ARE ON HER TEAM AND THEY’VE RECEIVED A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM NFL FOOTBALL PLAYERS LIKE BALTIMORE RAVENS QUARTERBACK LAMAR JACKSON, WHO SPONSORED ONE OF THE TEAMS JERSEYS. YOU. AND I LIKE THE WAVE HEAD COACH HOPES HER HARD WORK WILL MOTIVATE MORE GIRLS TO BECOME HEAD COACHES IN MALE DOMINATED SPORTS. BEING A COACH ISN’T EVEN GENDER GENDER ROLE. YOU KNOW, YOU’RE ANY TALK ABOUT COACH IS ABOUT HAVING GREAT LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND BEING IN IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON, BEING IN IT FOR THESE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. COACH WISE SAYS RIGHT NOW HER FOCUS IS WINNING ANOTHER TITLE. SO FAR, SHE HAS 22 OF HER PLAYERS RETURNING FOR THE FALL. FOR MORE ON THE LOUISIANA WAVE, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE. THAT’