A high school has folded their season due to multiple scandals ...

[Since 1999, the Premier source for Coaching Information](/) high school # A high school has folded their season due to multiple scandals, including a "money man" scandal seemingly ripped straight from the SEC [By Doug Samuels](/author/dougsamuels) Sep 18, 2025• 2:35 pm [5](/2025/09/18/california-high-school-bishop-montgomery-small-private-high-school-folds-season-money-man-sec-scandal/comments) The young season at Bishop Montgomery HS (CA) has come to a screeching halt, and one of the latest developments seems ripped right from a previous NCAA investigation into an SEC program. For starters, before a game had even been played five players were initially deemed ineligible by the CIF Southern Section office for falsifying information, disqualifying them from varsity competition at any CIF school for up two two years. An additional fourteen players were denied eligibility for transferring for athletic reasons, bringing the total number of ineligible players to 19. Those 19 players are prohibited from competing in any sports at Bishop Montgomery, or any CIF high school until the fall of 2027. Then, during a week 1 loss to St. Louis (HI), several players were involved in a postgame altercation, forcing them to forfeit their week 2 game against Mater Dei, leading to additional multiple suspensions. As a result of all those missing players, the small private school decided it was best to fold their entire varsity football season, sparking the dismissal of head coach Ed Hodgkiss and the resignation of school president Pat Lee. A recent piece by Sports Illustrated shares that the school had as many as 24 football transfers, a number so outrageous that CIF Southern Section commissioner Mike West paid a visit to the school to meet with their administration in August. Those conversations, and subsequent investigation, led to the discovery of a high-profile "Money Man" who was providing cash to players and their families in exchange for their transfer. A few weeks