(10/27/08 - Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
John Tiger, 39, a football coach at New Diana High School in Diana, Texas has been arrested and charged with online solicitation of a minor age 14 and under.

It is alleged that Tiger, a former teacher and coach at Union Hill High School, maintained contact with at least one Union Hill student after he left the district and on Friday sent a text message to the girl.
It is further alleged that the text message instructed the 14-year-old girl to meet Tiger after the football game at a prearranged location.
Reportedly the girl and her mother were alarmed by the nature of the text message and went to the Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s Department officers reportedly established constant visual surveillance of Tiger at the football game and maintained visual contact on him that night after the game.
Other officers were stationed at the prearranged location at the time that he was allegedly to meet the girl.
When Tiger arrived at the prearranged location he was met instead by Upshur County law enforcement officers, taken into custody and taken to Upshur County Jail.
Reportedly, initial bond for Tiger was set in the amount of $500,000 and he was being held in lieu of that bond.
Today, 10/27/08 is reportedly Tiger’s birthday.
The alleged victim, turned 15-years-old on Saturday.
10/27/08 - Additional Information
The mother of the alleged victim says that she took her daughter’s cell phone and pretended to be her daughter, replying to Tiger’s text and that she then set up a meeting with Tiger. The girl’s mother says that via text message Tiger asked her if they could meet at her house in Union Hill for sex.
Reportedly authorities arrested Tiger on the street in front of her house Saturday night.
10/31/08 - John Tiger Resign
Reportedly John Tiger formally resigned from the school district on Wednesday of this week.
Tiger remains jailed in lieu of $500,000 bond.
References:
New Diana coach charged with solicitation of a minor resigns (10/31/08)
New information about ET coach arrested for soliciting sex with minor (10/27/08)
New Diana coach charged with online solicitation of minor (10/27/08)
E. TX high school coach charged with solicitation of a minor (10/27/08)
High School coach charged with solicitation of a minor (10/27/08)