He spent the majority of his playing career with Plymouth Argyle of the Football League, where he is the club's all-time appearance record holder.
[3] Hodges became one of the few players to ever receive a second testimonial match in 1992, against Luton Town, after fifteen years of service to the club.
[7] He was loaned to Torquay United in January 1992, with first-team opportunities being limited at Home Park, to help the Gulls in their battle against relegation back to the fourth-tier of English football.
Hodges' final game for Plymouth Argyle came in the Second Division on 20 November 1992, as a substitute against Stockport County at Edgeley Park.
[8] He guided them to the Third Division Play-off Final in 1998, before returning to Home Park that summer to take up the position of Plymouth Argyle manager, replacing Mick Jones.
After losing six of their first ten league games that season, Hodges' reign was brought to an end,[11] and he was replaced by Paul Sturrock.
[14] Hodges returned to Plymouth Argyle again in October 2008 to work as a part-time coach for the club's Football in the Community Trust project.