Brad Bolding will coach in a high school game today for the first time since November 2014.

The former North Little Rock coach is now at Little Rock Parkview where his Patriots travel to southeast Arkansas today to face Star City.

Bolding, 48, who coached at North Little Rock in 2007-2014 before being fired in April 2015, is back in high school football with Parkview, which has not had a winning season since 2009.

When he coached his last game with North Little Rock, a 2014 loss in the Class 7A semifinals to Bentonville, he was 63-30 with the Charging Wildcats. Bolding was fired in April 2015 by North Little Rock for violating inventory and purchasing procedures and recruiting rules. He was in television and in private business the past two years.

Coaching in a game today is something Bolding has looked forward to for more than two years.

"Man, I'm excited about it," Bolding said. "I've had plenty of time to reflect about my career. I've had plenty of time to think about my philosophy. I was talking to other coaches and thinking about a few things and tweaking a few things. I really wanted to make it about the other coaches and the players and not myself."