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Former Girls BB Coach Pleads Guilty

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A former high school girls basketball coach from Lake Crystal pleads guilty Friday morning to five felony counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

According to a Blue Earth County Court official, Steve Andrew Campbell, 29, admitted before a judge to having intercourse with a Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial High School basketball player he had coached.

Friday morning's plea hearing comes just days before Campbell's trial was set to begin. Under the plea agreement, Campbell may face no prison time.

A sentencing date is set for March 21. Without the plea, he would have faced more than 10 years in prison.