Santa Clarita basketball coach, Jeremy Haggerty, 34, had his arraignment Friday after he had been arrested on charges of molestation involving, now, nine teenage boys.

The youth basketball coach that worked for or trained a number of high school teams and young players across the Santa Clarita Valley, pleaded not guilty on Friday to molestation charges.

“Over the course of nearly a decade, Haggerty is accused of sexually assaulting eight victims who ranged in age between 14 and 17 years old,” according to district attorney officials.

Haggerty’s trial comes after being arrested by the Special Victims Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Sept. 13.

In August, officials with the LA County Special Victims Unit confirmed that they were investigating a former basketball coach from Trinity Classical Academy.

In an interview with KHTS at the time, Wally Caddow, managing director at Trinity Classical Academy, stated the incident occurred during a private transaction — not on school grounds while the coach was still acting varsity basketball coach.

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Caddow confirmed that the individual that has been accused of the inappropriate conduct was the varsity boys basketball coach, but that he had been fired by Trinity Classical Academy in 2016 for unrelated circumstances.

Haggerty originally played basketball for Canyon High School until he graduated in 2002. He was inducted into the Canyon High School Boys Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.

He continued to play basketball at Eastern Arizona Junior College before accepting a scholarship to play basketball at The Master’s University (then The Master’s College). Haggerty also played for two professional tour teams in Taiwan and Italy.

According to his most recent “coach’s biography” that was found on the Valencia High School basketball website, Haggerty either coached or assisted at: Canyon High School, Golden Valley High School, Renaissance Academy, Saugus High School, Trinity Classical Academy, Valencia High School and West Ranch High School.

He is currently in the custody of the Sheriff’s Department with bail set at $1,000,000 and is scheduled to return to court on Oct. 29.

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