Uncle Luke Is Now Coaching High School Football

Luther Campbell is known for a lot of things, most notably for writing rap lyrics that I can't repeat here. And being a huge Miami Hurricanes fan, sometimes offering players booty (of the pirate kind, we think) for their performances on the field.

What he's not really known for would be "providing leadership to young men" (unless those young men were looking to get into a certain illegal trade business, do you know what I am saying? -- requisite sorta-NSFW South Park disclaimer) But that's what he's doing these days, as an assistant football coach for Miami Central High.

"I don't tolerate cursing or the N word," he said according to the Miami Herald. "I tell them, 'Don't ever disrespect a girl because that makes you less than a man.' And 'Pick the girl who is responsible, not the one with Fs on her report card. Easy to get in, hard to get out. I've lived that life.'"

Er, well, one part of that advice could be misinterpreted, if you had the mind of, say, a high school senior, and there's a tiny, tiny little touch of hypocrisy in the "do as I say, not as I do" approach he's taken. But given his previous life as a rapper -- and all that comes with newfound money and fame -- maybe Campbell does provide a good example for turning around one's life.

"Football players got the same rep I got – you think your stuff don't stink, you're the arrogant, spoiled star," he said. "I tell them, 'Be nice to your teachers. Sit in the front row. Keep your grades up.'"

He also makes sure that he doesn't bring his rap career to the football field -- Campbell's "the garbage man picks up the trash but he doesn't bring the maggots home" is, um, something -- and, frankly, as much worry as there might be about Uncle Luke teaching high school seniors about the birds and the bees, this little experiment seems like it can't be all that dangerous.

At the very least, it's inspired me not to feel scared about the background check the YMCA does when I apply to coach a local teeball team next week.