Players and students want answers after coach Chris James was dismissed and the season canceled coming off the team’s state playoff loss Saturday.

A couple hundred Morgan Park students walked out of class on Tuesday to protest the school’s firing of football coach Chris James. Parents and family members held an impromptu press conference detailing their frustrations with the decision. “We just stand with Chris,” said Chris Mathews, the uncle of football player…

Morgan Park fired football coach Chris James on Monday. According to James, a Morgan Park alum widely regarded as the Public League’s best coach, he was fired after refusing to decide immediately whether he would return next season. ‘‘I wanted to finish this season before making any decisions,’’ James told the…