Andre Rudolph Barbins, the former swim coach of St. Mary’s College of Maryland, was arrested and fired from his job last Friday for exchanging inappropriate photos with a child he met on the web. Barbins has been replaced by an assistant coach.
Maryland State Police Cpl. DaVaughn Parker said that the minor Andre had communicated with was someone he had met online and was not someone he was coaching. According to police, the girl’s parents discovered the messages and alerted the authorities.
The Baltimore Sun reports that authorities then served a warrant at his home on Friday and discovered a hard drive containing those images.
Barbins has coached the St. Mary’s College Seahawks men’s and women’s teams since the 1998-89 season and was named Capital Athletic Conference Coach of the Year four times. He is married and has two daughters.
