CHARLOTTE — A former part-time football coach at Christ the King High School has been charged with two counts of taking indecent liberties with a student, after school officials reported to the Kannapolis Police Department concerns about inappropriate communications with two students.
Johnathan Jaheim Henderson, 22, of Lancaster, South Carolina, was arrested by Kannapolis Police March 20. He was arraigned and released March 23 from the Cabarrus County Jail on a $30,000 bond, and his next court date is April 8, court records show.
Henderson joined Christ the King in March 2025 as a part-time assistant football coach after passing a mandatory background screening. School administrators said he was terminated in June 2025 after they learned he had been conducting unsanctioned football training sessions with players off campus and outside normal school operations, and using unauthorized communication channels to arrange the sessions.
In September, administrators received new information from students indicating that some of Henderson’s communications may have included inappropriate and sexually explicit phone and electronic messages with two 16-year-old students.
School officials shared the information with football team parents and the Kannapolis Police Department, which launched an investigation that led to Henderson’s arrest.
— Catholic News Herald