Buck Lanham proved over the past decade that he was one of the best girls basketball coaches in Central Florida.
He first coached middle school at St. John Vianney in Orlando. His high-school teams at Bishop Moore and Orlando Christian Prep often competed for district championships. He led OCP to the state final four in 2004, then to a state championship in 2005.
There was one other thing about him: He was a felon. In 1988, Lanham was caught with four ounces of cocaine. He served almost eight months of a three-year prison sentence and was given 26 years of probation.
[...] The association said every adult on the field will be given a thorough background check and both organizations have promised to improve communication among themselves to create and share a database of approved volunteers. Tags: investigation, investigator, private investigator, background checks [...]
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