Former St. Michael’s Coach Pleads Guilty to Sexual Contact With Student

By: Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

August 28, 2025

FAIRHOPE, Ala. A former St. Michael Catholic High School softball coach who had been charged with having sex with a student, has pleaded guilty and received his sentence in court yesterday.

Police arrested Leonard Rizzuto after learning of this incident and charged him with several felony crimes.

However, in court, Rizzuto pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of soliciting a sex act from a student.

Rizzuto was sentenced to 1 year in jail. He will also be on probation for 2 years.

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