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\"I'm Sorry, Love you guys! 1.Mind 1.Heart. 1.soul. STATE!\" he concluded in his resignation statement.

Football players on the high school team, according to Hoskins, have also been OK with him using these words.

\"They joke around. We joke around. They walk to me and say, 'Hey coach, just say it. You're good, coach, just say it.' And it is once in a while it slips. Like, once a year maybe let it slip … have them smile and laugh. But besides that I mean nothing from it,\" said Hoskins.

The Wake County school system said Hoskins' comments violated the code of conduct policy and parents at the school will be notified about his resignation.

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