SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ An assistant high school football coach in Springfield
has been arrested on suspicion of having sexual contact with a student.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that 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.
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