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Successful Florida High School Football Coach Arrested in Prostitution Sting

Sep 6, 2010 – 11:24 AM
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A successful high school football coach in Florida was arrested as a part of a prostitution sting over the weekend, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported on Monday.

Mainland High coach John Maronto, the winningest coach in Volusia County history, approached an undercover police officer on Saturday and "engaged her in a conversation about sex for $50," Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood told the newspaper. He was charged with a misdemeanor count of soliciting a prostitute and posted $500 bail.

Maronto, 68, declined comment when reached at his home by the News-Journal. Volusia County Schools spokeswoman Nancy Wait said no decision will be made on Maronto's future as a coach and physical education teacher at Mainland until the district talks to Maronto on Tuesday.

Maronto, one of six men arrested in the sting along famed State Road A1A, has a career record of 259-110, making him the fifth winningest active coach in the state. He'd been at the helm at Mainland since 1996, going 139-38 with a 2003 state title to his credit.

Mainland opened its season with a loss to West Point (Miss.) on Aug. 27 and is scheduled to host to Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast on Thursday.
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