A former and coach pleaded guilty to child sexual exploitation Monday, court records show.
Christen Cassic, 55, of Parker was arrested in January on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child, a felony, and indecent exposure. The indecent-exposure charge was dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Cassic started working as an assistant coach at Legend High School in 2015 and also worked there as a math teacher from 2019 to 2022. He was hired as an assistant coach and computer science teacher at Rock Canyon High School in 2022.
According to reporting from , Cassic was arrested after someone walked into his classroom at Rock Canyon and found him with his pants down looking at a laptop, which he quickly closed.
Cassic later admitted to having a USB drive with explicit photos that he viewed at school, which detectives say contained suspected child sexual abuse material.
Cassic is set to be sentenced Dec. 5.
