Bishop Montgomery fires head football coach Ed Hodgkiss
Ed Hodgkiss is no longer the football coach or the co-athletic director of Mgr Montgomery. Director Michele Starkey and President Patrick Lee made this announcement in a letter to parents on Saturday, writing Hodgkiss is “no longer employed in Mgr Montgomery”.
Bishop Montgomery and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have endeavored to meet the spinoffs of the Tourmente weeks in the football program.
He started with the South section declaring five ineligible transferred students this season for violation of the CIF 202 regulations, which provides false information. Then the team had many players suspended after a defeat in the first match in Hawaii when they left the bench with 24 seconds to play. This forced Bishop Montgomery to lose Friday’s match against Santa Ana Mater Dei due to a lack of players.
The Archdiocese has announced that it would be investigating the transfer problems.
Hodgkiss came to Mgr Montgomery in 2010 from the Los Angeles Avengers de l’Arena Football League.
Bishop Montgomery changed the directors and presidents of last year and seemed to move to a different sporting philosophy, accepting many transfer students in the hope of raising the football program at a higher level of competition. The school is expected to leave the Camino Real League after this season.
No new coach has been announced. The messages left for Hodgkiss and Lee were not returned.
