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Bishop Montgomery President Patrick Lee Resigns as Football Scandal Deepens

Interim leadership will be named next pending ongoing internal and CIF reviews.

Overview

  • Regional Superintendent Veronica Zozaya announced Lee’s resignation in a letter to families, noting the Archdiocese will detail an interim plan in the coming days.
  • Bishop Montgomery previously suspended and forfeited the varsity football season after self-reporting additional CIF Southern Section bylaw violations tied to transfers.
  • Five transfers were ruled ineligible for violating CIF Bylaw 202 and for falsifying information following an offseason influx of more than 20 new players.
  • The Archdiocese issued a cease-and-desist to booster Brett Steigh, who said on a podcast he paid parents to place players at the school; Lee has denied Steigh’s claim that they met.
  • Former coach Ed Hodgkiss, recently fired, told NBC Los Angeles he was scapegoated and said administrators pitched a plan last winter to bring top players and revamp the program, with 24 transfers ultimately arriving.