A man who co-founded and coached a basketball program in Kentucky has been convicted of sodomizing a female player younger than 16 years old.

Corvell Conley, 43, was convicted on Friday of one count of third-degree sodomy but acquitted of his initial charge of third-degree rape.

Conley was arrested on April 26, 2018, two days after the assault, which arrest records say happened when Conley drove the girl home from a Kentucky Future basketball practice.

Kentucky basketball coach Corvell Conley, 43, has been convicted of one count of third-degree sodomy but acquitted of his initial charge of third-degree rape involving a teen

Conley is a co-founder of the Kentucky Future, a local AAU basketball program for eighth- and ninth-grade girls' teams

According to court records cited by Elizabethtown News Enterprise, the coach assaulted the teenage player in the backseat of his car after stopping on South Wilson Road in Elizabethtown.

A Hardin Memorial Hospital medical report says the girl's accusation aligned with the findings of a sexual assault nurse examiner.

Conley is a co-founder of the Kentucky Future, a local AAU basketball program for eighth- and ninth-grade girls' teams. His victim was under the age of 16 at the time of the incident.

Conley's victim said her coach sodomized her in the backseat of his car while driving her home from practice in April 2018. The girl was under the age of 16 and the man was 41 years old

The jury recommended Conley serve four years in prison on the charge, which is punishable of up to five years. The coach, who spent 113 days in jail before posting $5,000 bond in August, would be eligible for parole after a year.

'I know the family and the victim are relieved,' prosecutor Teresa Logsdon said. 'They finally have some sense of peace after a long road of DNA results, navigating a week-long trial and all the emotions that go with the process.'

Conley's sentencing hearing is set for January 14.