Booster says he paid parents of players at Narbonne, St. Bernard, Bishop Montgomery

Brett Steigh, a Narbonne graduate, paid parents to relocate players to Narbonne, St. Bernard and Bishop Montgomery. He recruited players at Narbonne in 2018 and 2024 without head coaches' knowledge, leading to City Section sanctions. He agreed in 2020 to support St. Bernard after Manuel Douglas moved there; Douglas and Steigh drew FBI and IRS scrutiny, Douglas resigned, and St. Bernard suspended football from 2021–2023. Steigh said he now supports Bishop Montgomery with the school president's knowledge; that program faced ineligibility rulings, more than 20 transfers, a coach firing, and ongoing investigations.

Brett Steigh, a Narbonne grad, booster and gambler, said in a Monday night podcast that he paid parents to bring players to Narbonne, St. Bernard and Bishop Montgomery. During an interview on a YouTube stream of the "Fattal Factor," Steigh said in 2018 and 2024 at Narbonne, he recruited players without the knowledge of the head coaches while paying parents to move. Both times, Narbonne was sanctioned by the City Section for rule violations.

Douglas and Steigh became the subject of FBI and IRS investigations. Douglas resigned in 2020 and St. Bernard shut down its football program in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Steigh said he has now been supporting Bishop Montgomery with the knowledge of the school president. Bishop Montgomery had five transfers declared ineligible by the Southern Section and has received more than 20 transfers in its football program.

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