A fallout from a football scandal surrounding Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance continued Thursday as the school president resigned days after the varsity football coach was fired.

Ed Hodgkiss, the former head football coach of 15 years, spoke with NBC Los Angeles exclusively Thursday.

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He said that he had planned to retire from the job at the Catholic high school, but instead, he was terminated right before Labor day.

“I fell in love with the school.” Hodgkiss said. “I want to give back if I could, and that’s one of my favorite parts of it. You don’t remember every game, but you remember every player.”

Hodgkiss said he always ran his program the same way as he said his focus was coaching the players.

Then

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