A team trip to Lexington leaves a former Phelps High School Assistant Volleyball Coach facing sex-related charges.

Michael Ray Charles, 38, of Pike County is charged in Fayette County with sodomy.

Police say the incident happened while the team was at a volleyball camp at the University of Kentucky in July.

Charles is no longer a coach with the team.

The superintendent dismissed him as soon as the allegations surfaced.

Charles appeared in court Wednesday morning in Lexington.

He pleaded not guilty but police say he admitted to inappropriate contact with a 15 year old girl.

Pike County School officials say former Phelps assistant volleyball coach, 38 year old Michael Ray Charles, went to camp with the team at the University of Kentucky in July.

When school started a few months later, the Superintendent says the principal found out Charles may have had sexual contact with a 15 year old student during the camp.

“Any complaint we have of this nature, certainly we are going to be very aggressive about it,” Pike County Superintendent Roger Wagoner said.

They turned the complaint over to Police. Investigators in Lexington say Charles allegedly spent a night in the UK dorm room with four teenage girls and had sexual contact with one of them.

The arrest complaint filed in October says Charles admitted during questioning to some of the allegations.

The Superintendent immediately removed him from the school and he is no longer coaching.

“As soon as I was notified, of course, we had a brief hearing and I dismissed him at that point, for the protection of our kids,” Superintendent Wagoner said.

Charles was an unpaid, volunteer coach. The Superintendent says he passed a background check to get the position.

Officials say this appears to be an isolated incident.

“No other knowledge of any other occurrences or incidents,” Superintendent Wagoner said.

Now Charles will face the allegations in court.

This morning, Charles' case was waived to the grand jury.

He is out of jail on bond.