Update: Missouri high school coach arrested over student sex allegations

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A track and assistant high school football coach in Springfield is facing 10 charges involving alleged sexual contact with a student.

The charges filed Tuesday against 29-year-old Mikael Cooper-Falls include second-degree statutory rape and sexual contact with a student.

The Springfield school district said Cooper-Fall was fired after his arrest Monday. Besides coaching at Hillcrest High School, he was a teacher’s aide.

Court documents indicate the alleged victim was a 16-year-old female student at the school.

Cooper-Falls was a former star running back for Hillcrest’s football team and played for Missouri State’s football team from 2009 to 2013.

Online court records do not name an attorney for Cooper-Fall.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — An assistant high school football coach in Springfield has been arrested on suspicion of having sexual contact with a student.

29-year-old Mikael Cooper-Falls was booked into the Greene County Jail shortly before 1 p.m. Monday. No charges were immediately filed.

The Springfield school district says Cooper-Falls is no longer a district employee. Besides coaching at Hillcrest High School, he also was a teacher’s aide. The district says in a statement that it is cooperating with the investigation.

Cooper-Falls also is a former starting running back for Hillcrest’s football team. He majored in criminology at Missouri State and played on the university’s football team for four seasons from 2009 through 2013.