Former San Jose swim coach sentenced

[January 30, 2010]  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A former San Jose swim coach who pleaded no contest to 20 child molestation charges has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Andrew King, a successful coach who mentored nationally ranked swimmers, showed no emotion Friday as the sentence was handed down in a San Jose court.

The 61-year-old King had been a head coach at San Jose Aquatics and a number of swim clubs in the area over the past 40 years.

Since he was arrested in April on suspicion of molesting a 14-year-old girl, investigators say they found 12 others who said they had been molested by King.

Court records of allegations of King's abuse of girls date back to 1978.

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Information from: San Jose Mercury News, http://www.sjmercury.com

[Associated Press]

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