WORCESTER, Mass. - It's a homecoming for Al Pettway, the former Worcester State basketball star and long time head coach at North High, who was officially named the new head coach at Worcester State on Thursday. 

Pettway, who led North to back-to-back state titles, is excited about coming back to the place he starred at from 1991-1995. 

"Im pretty excited.I think everything has come full circle," said Pettway. "This is where it started at, you know, I've been at North for 22 years. To have the opportunity to come back here to my alma matre and have a bigger impact on the Worcester community as well as students at Worcester State."