Ex-Auburn HS coach sentenced for sexual contact with student in shed

Ex-Auburn HS coach sentenced for sexual contact with student in shed

A former football and track coach at Auburn High School was sentenced to 20 years in prison following his conviction last month for having sexual contact with a student in a shed.

The sentenced handed down to Willie Charles Hutchinson also included 10 years of probation, according to WSFA, which cited the Lee County District Attorney’s Office.

Hutchinson’s sentence was not yet in state court records as of early Tuesday evening and efforts by AL.com to reach the DA’s office to confirm the sentence were unsuccessful.

Hutchinson was an 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.