David Diaz-Infante did not resign as Bellarmine’s head football coach, he told the Bay Area News Group on Monday.

Bellarmine’s news release last week announcing Diaz-Infante’s departure said the Bells’ coach was “stepping down from the position.”

But Diaz-Infante said that was not accurate.

“I did not resign verbally or in writing,” Diaz-Infante told this news organization. “The school informed me they had chosen to move in a different direction.”

Diaz-Infante said he met with Bellarmine president Chris Meyercord on the Tuesday morning after Bellarmine’s season ended, and Meyercord informed him he would not be returning to the sideline.

“What am I gonna say?” Diaz-Infante said. “I’ve been fired, I’ve been cut before. If he thinks that they had to move in a different direction, and he

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