Colorado high school football coach charged with assaulting student
Dylan Thomas Hollingsworth, the Niwot High School football coach accused of choking a student and then kneeing him in the groin, was charged Thursday with assault and harassment.
Holingsworth, 43, was charged with one count of second-degree assault, a Class 4 felony, and one count of third-degree assault, a Class 1 misdemeanor. The harassment charge is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Holingsworth appeared at the hearing out of custody on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond and had a status conference scheduled for Jan. 26.
Dylan Hollingsworth, left, and his attorney Jon Banashek appear in front of the judge during a filing of charges for assault and harassment on Thursday at the Boulder County Jail. Jeremy Papasso/ Staff Photographer Dec. 8, 2016