TEXAS COACH ALLEGEDLY HAD SEX WITH HIS TEEN BABYSITTER
Nicholas Alan Codutti, a 43-year-old former high school football coach in Texas, was arrested on September 26, 2026, after a former student told investigators he began a sexual relationship with her when she was his 16-year-old babysitter and he was her strength and conditioning coach. The woman, now 24, alleges it continued for years, and Codutti, who is married with two children, was charged with felony indecency with a child and sexual performance by a child.
According to court documents obtained by Click2Houston, the woman told police the relationship started in 2018, when she was a student at Tomball High School. She alleged Codutti began sharing nude photos with her while he was coaching her.
She later started babysitting for Codutti and his wife at their home. That is where she alleges he began having sex with her at age 16, one year under Texas’s age of consent of 17, according to the New York Post’s account of the documents. The first alleged intercourse came in February 2019.
The documents describe encounters in a coach’s office at the school, in the weight room of a local gym and on trips off campus during lunch periods. The relationship allegedly lasted until around September 2025, well into her adulthood.
The woman came forward after telling a therapist what had happened, according to the documents. Harris County Sheriff’s Office investigators opened their case on April 29, 2026, after a report to Child Protective Services alleged longstanding sexual abuse involving a minor and former Tomball ISD student, Click2Houston reported.
Detectives filed charges on September 25, 2026. The next day, the sheriff’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team, with help from patrol deputies, arrested Codutti, and he was booked into Harris County Jail. His bond was set at $100,000, which is $50,000 for each charge. He posted it on Sunday and was released.
By then Codutti had moved on to a bigger job. In January 2025, Klein High School named him head football coach and campus athletic coordinator. The district placed him on administrative leave in May 2026, after it learned of the allegations, and fired him once law enforcement told it criminal charges had been filed.
In a letter to school families, Klein ISD said it had “been notified that criminal charges have been accepted against him related to an alleged matter that occurred while he was employed in another school district, prior to joining and completely unrelated to Klein ISD.” The district said Codutti passed all required background checks and had positive references from previous employers, and that it had no knowledge of the alleged conduct before May.
A Tomball ISD spokesperson told the Post the district was aware of the allegations from 2018 and 2019 and “continues to fully cooperate” with law enforcement.
Codutti’s attorney, Ryan Fremuth, rejected the allegations. “We are asserting his innocence and denying the allegations as they are presented,” he told KPRC 2. “He denies that he ever sexually abused a child.” He also asked reporters to “please respect their privacy so that his wife and children are not harmed by this experience,” KHOU 11 reported.
Under his release, Codutti is barred from schools and other places where children gather, with an exception for his own two children. The sheriff’s office said its investigation was ongoing.
On October 30, 2026, Click2Houston reported that Fremuth said Codutti denies the allegations and plans to plead not guilty. He has not been convicted of anything.
