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FORT LAUDERDALE Fla March 25 2010- Two track coaches at Hollywood Christian Academy are accused of having sex with underage students, police said.

David Tillman, 19, a volunteer assistant coach, was charged with lewd and lascivious battery, according to a police report. Another coach, Raymond Holmes, 29, was charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor. They were arrested Tuesday.

According to Fort Lauderdale police, a 16-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl skipped school on March 19. One of the girls called Holmes and asked him to pick them up. Holmes and Tillman picked up the teens and took them to Tillman’s Fort Lauderdale home, police said.

The report states that Tillman and the 15-year-old girl had sex in his apartment. The 16-year-old girl and Holmes walked to his apartment and had sex, according to the report.

The 16-year-old’s mother found sexually explicit text messages between Holmes and her daughter, according to the report. Authorities could not immediately say if those messages were what led police to arrest the men.

Holmes and Tillman were being held at the Broward County Jail.

Hollywood Christian Athletic Director Monte Gonzalez declined to comment and referred calls to Headmaster Carter Edwards, who could not be reached despite telephone messages left at his office.

Police ask anyone with information to call 954-828-5964 .