A University of Michigan assistant gymnastics coach has resigned after being arrested for an indecent or obscene act in public.

Scott Vetere, 39, was arrested on Oct. 8 in the parking lot of an Ann Arbor apartment complex after police officers witnessed him and a female gymnast, 18, performing a sex act in a car, according to a police report.

Vetere was arraigned Friday on the charges and will be in court again on Nov. 14.

The female gymnast also was arrested. Court records show she is also charged with committing an indecent or obscene act in public. She is scheduled for arraignment on Nov. 5.

The Free Press decided not to immediately name the female gymnast because of Vetere's position of power in the situation.

"Mr. Vetere was immediately suspended the day we learned about the incident (Oct. 10)," U-M athletic department spokesman Kurt Svoboda told the Free Press in an email. "He resigned from his position Oct. 15 during the disciplinary review process."

Indecent or obscene conduct in public is punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine under Ann Arbor city code.

U-M athletic department policy bans coaches from having romantic relationships with athletes.

Vetere is a prominent gymnast with deep ties to U-M.

He was on the team while a student at U-M. He graduated in 2003.

While competing, he was a 10-time NCAA All-American and a member of the 1999 national championship team. The Wolverines won consecutive Big Ten titles in 1999 and 2000 while he was on the team. He was the 2000 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year, a six-time Big Ten champion and three-year captain. In 2000 he was co-recipient of the U-M Male Athlete of the Year award.

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Also a six-time member of the U.S. National Team, Vetere competed at the World Championship Team Trials in 1999 and was an alternate for the 2000 Olympic Trials.

He also coached on the U-M men's team for five seasons from 2005 to 2009.

According to a news release sent out when he was hired as an assistant coach on the women's team, he had success there as well.

Vetere coached six NCAA champions, 55 All-Americans, 16 Big Ten champions, four U.S. National Team members, two Irish National Team members, two World Championship competitors and one Olympian. During his time with the men's team, he was responsible for recruiting operations, most notably bringing two-time Olympian and three-time NCAA all-around champion Sam Mikulak to U-M, the news release said.

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