COVERING APOPKA, LIV, IN ORANGE COUNTY, HAYLEY CROMBLEHOLME. WESH TWO NEWS. NEW DETAILS AFTER A FORMER MOUNT DORA FOOTBALL COACH APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA EARLIER TODAY. COLBY ERSKINE FACES CHARGES OF SOLICITATION OF A CHILD AND TRANSMISSION OF HARMFUL MATERIALS TO MINORS. THE ALLEGATIONS STEM FROM WHEN HE WAS DOWN SOUTH AT PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL. WESH TWO GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN IS LIVE IN STUDIO AND GAIL. ALSO IN COURT WAS THE ALLEGED VICTIM’S FATHER. YES, HE WAS A SOUTH FLORIDA JUDGE ORDERED THE FORMER LAKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH TO BE HELD ON A $500,000 BOND. COLBY ERSKINE IS IN BREVARD COUNTY, RATHER, THE BROWARD COUNTY JAIL TONIGHT. NOW, THE ALLEGED VICTIM’S FATHER SAID, NOT ONLY DID THE DEFENDANT SEND A NAKED PICTURE TO HIS 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, HE ALSO GROOMED HER. WHAT DO I SAY TO MY DAUGHTER? STAY AWAY FROM SCUMBAGS. YANIV ROSENBERG, CUT TO THE CHASE. WHEN IT COMES TO 39 YEAR OLD COLBY ERSKINE. ERSKINE STOOD BEFORE A BROWARD COUNTY JUDGE WEDNESDAY ACCUSED OF BEING INAPPROPRIATE WITH ONE OF HIS FORMER STUDENTS AT SOUTH PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL. THE STUDENT’S FATHER SAYS THE ACCUSED WAS HIS DAUGHTER’S MATH TEACHER LAST YEAR, AND THE SCHOOL’S FOOTBALL COACH, JOHNNY ROSENBERG, SAYS ERSKINE SENT THIS NAKED SELFIE TO HIS DAUGHTER, WHO WAS JUST 15 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. HE ADDS THE FORMER EDUCATOR ALSO GROOMED HER FROM. DO YOU NEED HELP IN MATH? YOU LOOK CUTE TO SEXUAL COMMENTS TO. YOU WANT TO HANG OUT TO. CAN I SEE YOU AFTER THE FOOTBALL GAME TO FREAKING NAKED PICS OF HIMSELF? ALSO, WHILE SOUTH PLANTATION’S COACH, HE SPOKE TO OUR SOUTH FLORIDA PARTNERS, NBC SIX NEWS ABOUT STUDENT ATHLETES MAKING MONEY FROM ENDORSEMENTS. IN PARTICULAR WITH FOOTBALL, BECAUSE IN FOOTBALL, THE LIKELIHOOD OF INJURY IS MUCH HIGHER. COLBY ERSKINE LEFT BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS ALMOST TWO YEARS AND TOOK A JOB AS A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH IN LAKE COUNTY. IT WAS SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WHO ARRESTED ERSKINE LAST THURSDAY ON A WARRANT OBTAINED BY THE PLANTATION POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE CHARGES INVOLVED SOLICITATION OF A CHILD AND TRANSMISSION OF HARMFUL MATERIALS TO MINORS. ERSKINE LOST HIS JOB AS THE NEW MOUNT DORA FOOTBALL COACH AFTER THE ARREST. HE FACES TWO FELONIES RELATED TO SOLICITING A CHILD AND SENDING HARMFUL INFORMATION. COLBY ERSKINE IS UNDER A $500,000 BOND. HE’S TO HAVE NO CONTACT WITH ANY MINORS, NO CONTACT WITH FORMER STUDENTS AT SOUTH PLANTATION HIGH. THE JUDGE ALSO ORDERED HIM NOT TO ENTER ANY K THROU
Father of 15-year-old says ex-Central Florida high school coach ‘groomed’ his daughter
Updated: 11:15 PM EST Feb 11, 2026
Colby Erskin, a former high school football coach, appeared before a South Florida judge facing charges of solicitation of a child and transmission of harmful materials to minors, stemming from his time at South Plantation High School.A South Florida judge ordered Erskin to be held on a $500,000 bond, and he is currently in the Broward County jail. The alleged victim’s father, Yaniv Rosenberg, was also present in court.Rosenberg said Erskin sent a naked picture to his 15-year-old daughter and groomed her. “What do I say to my daughter, stay away from scumbags,” Rosenberg said.Erskin, 39, stood before a Broward County judge accused of inappropriate behavior with one of his former students at South Plantation High School.Rosenberg explained that Erskin was his daughter’s math teacher last year and the school’s football coach. “From do you need help in math to you look cute, to sexual comments, to you want to hang out, to can I see you after the football game, to freakin’ naked pics of himself,” Rosenberg said. Erskin left Broward County schools almost two years ago and took a job as a high school football coach in Lake County.Seminole County sheriff’s deputies arrested Erskin last Thursday on a warrant obtained by the Plantation Police Department.The charges involve solicitation of a child and transmission of harmful materials to minors. Following his arrest, Erskin lost his job as the new Mount Dora football coach. He faces two felonies related to soliciting a child and sending harmful information.
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. —
Colby Erskin, a former high school football coach, appeared before a South Florida judge facing charges of solicitation of a child and transmission of harmful materials to minors, stemming from his time at South Plantation High School.
A South Florida judge ordered Erskin to be held on a $500,000 bond, and he is currently in the Broward County jail. The alleged victim’s father, Yaniv Rosenberg, was also present in court.
Rosenberg said Erskin sent a naked picture to his 15-year-old daughter and groomed her. “What do I say to my daughter, stay away from scumbags,” Rosenberg said.
Erskin, 39, stood before a Broward County judge accused of inappropriate behavior with one of his former students at South Plantation High School.
Rosenberg explained that Erskin was his daughter’s math teacher last year and the school’s football coach.
“From do you need help in math to you look cute, to sexual comments, to you want to hang out, to can I see you after the football game, to freakin’ naked pics of himself,” Rosenberg said.
Erskin left Broward County schools almost two years ago and took a job as a high school football coach in Lake County.
Seminole County sheriff’s deputies arrested Erskin last Thursday on a warrant obtained by the Plantation Police Department.
The charges involve solicitation of a child and transmission of harmful materials to minors. Following his arrest, Erskin lost his job as the new Mount Dora football coach. He faces two felonies related to soliciting a child and sending harmful information.