KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former Northland coach and teacher was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison after being convicted of statutory rape in December.
Joshua Hood was a football coach at Park Hill High School when he was charged in May 2021.
Hood was a coach and teacher at Staley High School at the time of the crimes, which happened on Jan. 1, 2010.
The 14-year-old victim was a student at Staley at the time.
Hood also reached a plea deal in a separate sex crimes case in June 2021.
Those crimes happened when he was teacher and coach at Holden High School.
Hood had sexual relations with a student from 2003 to 2004 in that case.
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