Most coaches have the best intentions of their players at heart. There are some coaches that have ulterior motives. All coaches have to be viewed with a certain amount of vigilance by parents.
Some coaches have too much access to kids at times. They may offer to drive a child home from practice which is convenient for busy parents. Even though the coach may drop off many players after practice, the last player being dropped off could give a coach with molesting tendencies private time with a child.
Veteran Compton high school coach (20 years at Dominguez High School and 5 state championships) Russell Otis has been sentenced to 60 days in county jail, placed on three years' probation and ordered to undergo a year of sex offender counseling.
Mr. Otis, who is 47 years old, was convicted last year of a misdemeanor charge of child molestation for subjecting a former player to a barrage of text messages that the player testified was sexual in nature.
Even a former player for Russell Otis at Dominguez High testified about his experiences many years earlier with the coach. -Read former player takes the stand.
Fortunately for young basketball players in Compton, CA, Mr. Otis also will have to register as a sex offender. This will bar him from teaching or coaching again. He plans to appeal the decision according to his attorney.
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