After much controversy, petitions and strident comments on local sports talk radio, Fishers High School Football Coach Rick Wimmer will return to his job Monday.

Here is the statement issued by the Hamilton Southeastern School Corporation:

“Coach Rick Wimmer will return to his teaching and coaching duties on Monday, September 26, 2016. The school district has concluded a thorough evaluation and has addressed the incident. The district appreciates the cooperation of all involved throughout this process and will have no further comment in order to protect confidentiality.”

On September 19th, the Fishers Police Department issued a statement about an incident at Fishers High on September 13th where a teacher touched the shoulder and upper chest of a student.  Police say the situation only lasted about 5 seconds and involved the student arriving late for class.  Coach Wimmer’s name was not mentioned in the police news release, but the incident described appeared to involve the football coach.  No charges were filed.

Wimmer was placed on paid leave as administrators investigated the incident.   That investigation has now concluded, based on the school corporation statement, resulting on Rick Wimmer returning to his job at Fishers High School September 26th.