Ex-Auburn High School coach convicted of having sexual contact with student

Ex-Auburn High School coach convicted of having sexual contact with student

A former football and track coach at Auburn High School has been convicted of having sexual contact with a student in a shed.

Willie Charles Hutchinson, 55, of Auburn, was found guilty of the incident this week, WSFA reported.

Hutchinson’s conviction was not yet in state court records as of late Friday afternoon.

Hutchinson was assistant football coach and track coach at Auburn High School when he was arrested in March 2021 on two counts of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the age of 19.

According to Auburn police, his arrest happened after investigators received a complaint of inappropriate contact.

According to the Opelika-Auburn News, a detective testified during Hutchinson’s preliminary hearing that another coach walked in on Hutchinson and the student in the school’s track shed.

The victim, when interviewed by police, said there was another incident of sexual contact with Hutchinson on or around Jan. 30, and that the victim had met the coach on both occasions for a one-on-one strength and conditioning training to help improve her track performance, the O-A News reported.