Northside High School is located in the North part of the city of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; hence "Northside".DemographicsThe school is predominantly African American.SportsThe American football team was state runner up in 2005 and 6-4A district champion from 2009 and 2010. The basketball and wrestling teams won the 4A State Championship in 2006. The cross country team was 3rd in district in 2004 and 1st in 2010. The female track and field team have won three back to back 6-4A State Championships (2008 to 2010), and the male team won two back to back State Championships years (2009 and 2010).Notable alumni Ron Guidry, the former pitcher and current pitching coach for the New York Yankees, is an alumnus of Northside High School. Perry Stevenson, currently a college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, is an alumnus of Northside High School. He was recruited out of Northside High School by coach Tubby Smith at Kentucky. Daniel Cormier won three Louisiana state championships for wrestling. After 9th grade, Cormier only lost twice, both times by injury default. His final high school record was 101-9, with 89 of his victories coming by a fall. Twice he was voted the most outstanding wrestler of the state tournament. In 1995, Cormier won a bronze medal in the world championships in Greco-Roman wrestling, in the cadet (15–16 years old) division. Cormier was also an all-state football player at the line-backer position, and had a fast 4.5 time on the 40 yard dash. Cormier was offered a scholarship to play football at LSU, but declined in order to continue to pursue wrestling. Cormier is the current UFC light heavyweight champion.
