SPOKANE, Wash. — A Ferris High School wrestling coach resigned following allegations of inappropriate interactions with a student.
Spokane Public Schools spokesman Brian Coddington said former head wrestling coach Nate Desantiago, 28, resigned on May 6 after Spokane Public Schools human resources launched and investigation into his interactions with a student.
According to Coddington, Desantiago started as a coach on the wrestling and football teams. He also coached B-Team basketball and baseball. He was most currently the head wrestling coach.
Human resource got a report about Desantiago on May 2 about student “boundary concerns” and he was placed on administrative leave, Coddington said. He resigned four days later.
Coddington said the “boundary concerns” did not involved physical contact. The allegations were not forwarded to Spokane police because it “didn’t rise to the level of criminal activity” after it was reviewed by district resource officers, according to Coddington.
This is the third time a coach at Ferris High School has been in trouble due to their interactions with minors.
Former freshman football coach Charles Eglet was arrested on Aug. 24, 2018, following allegations that he forced a 15-year-old girl to have sex with him at Northern Quest on June 5, 2018, after meeting her on Snapchat.
He is facing six charges, including online enticement of a minor; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; child sex trafficking; receipt of child pornography; production of child pornography; and possession of child pornography.
Eglet appeared in court for a pretrial conference hearing on April 19 where attorneys said they expected a federal indictment on the case by the end of May.
In March 2017, former head football coach James Sharkey was being investigated over several claims, including that he exposed himself to players at a leadership camp during the summer of 2016 and allowed hazing among his players.
In a public records request filed by KREM, documents show Sharkey signed a suspension without pay and discipline agreement with the district on August 7, 2018. District leaders confirmed he later returned to work. The documents state that Sharkey will resign from the district on August 31, 2021.
In the agreement, Sharkey admitted to “engaging in inappropriate comments and behavior toward students while employed by the district.” The document also stated that Sharkey expressed “remorse and regret” over his behavior and he acknowledged that he has not “acted as a positive role model at times in his position as a public-school teacher.”