Former Cold Springs High School girls basketball coach charged with multiple sex crimes involving student

CULLMAN COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - The former Cold Springs High School girls basketball coach, who recently lead her team to the AHSAA state championship game, is facing multiple sex crime charges related to sexual contact with a student.

According to authorities with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office, 35-year-old Paige Parker Adams was arrested on Tuesday, April 21.

Adams is facing multiple charges, including one count of a school employee engaging in sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student, one count of a school employee having sexual contact with a student under the age of 19, and 30 counts of a school employee distributing obscene material to a student.

Adams recently resigned her position at Cold Springs High School.

Officials at Cullman County Schools say they accepted and approved the resignation at a special-called meeting on Wednesday, March 25.

Cullman County Schools Superintendent Dr. Shane Barnette offered the following statement at that time:

The school system, when asked Tuesday, said they had no further comment on the situation.

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