Minutes later, he was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Garza, 36, had engaged in a sexual relationship with the girl and paid her $300 on at least one occasion.

"You effectively made her a prostitute," said 3rd District Court Judge Terry Christiansen.

Garza pleaded guilty in November 2007 to two second degree felony charges of sexual abuse of a child. Each charge carries a sentence of one to 15 years in prison, and Christiansen ordered them to run concurrently.

Garza's attorney, Paul Grant, asked Christiansen to sentence his client to a year in a jail, saying Garza wasn't a threat to others and began the relationship with the teen during an emotionally dark time after his father died and he lost a career in sports. Police have said the crimes had nothing to do with the high school or Garza's duty as a coach.

"It appears what drew him to this was not a deep pedophilia," Grant said.

But Christiansen decided to order Garza to prison because he had paid her for sex, was employed as a coach at the time of the relationship and was nearly three times her age.

"This girl is young enough to be your daughter, not your girlfriend," Christiansen said. " . . . If you had a 13-year-old I would almost guarantee you you would be appalled if someone did that with your daughter."