Former Boulder youth soccer coach Philip Hufstader engaged in a months-long sexual relationship with a 15-year-old player before being caught in the act by the girl’s mother, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday.
Hufstader, 35, was indicted June 15 on one count of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. He turned himself in to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday.
According to the indictment, which Boulder District Judge Bruce Langer unsealed at a hearing Thursday morning, Hufstader and a then-15-year-old girl had a sexual relationship between March and August of 2017.
The girl, who was on the FC Boulder youth soccer team that Hufstader coached, testified before the grand jury that Hufstader began giving her free, private lessons. The girl testified that she and Hufstader — who was married at the time — would then have sex in his car after those lessons, at hotels during team trips, and at least once at Hufstader’s house.
On Aug. 27, 2017, the girl’s mother showed up at one of the private lessons to watch, but found her daughter and Hufstader having sex in his car. She reported it to FC Boulder, and Hufstader resigned shortly thereafter.
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