Wichita ? A former assistant basketball coach at Barton County Community College has pleaded guilty to fraud and embezzlement charges, the latest development in an investigation that has snarled three coaches in federal indictments and led to the firing of the school’s president.

Matt Skillman pleaded guilty Monday to one count of embezzlement for falsifying timecards so players could receive money from the federal work-study program without doing any work. Skillman also pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud.

In his guilty plea, Skillman admitted that on numerous occasions he completed academic work on behalf of student athletes so that they could obtain associate degrees they were not entitled to receive, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

The fraud charge stemmed from the mailing of a falsified academic transcript for basketball player Randy Pulley from the western Kansas junior college to the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Sentencing was set for Dec. 5 before Judge Wesley E. Brown.

Through a spokeswoman, U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren declined to comment on the guilty plea.

Skillman, 30, worked for eight months at Barton Community College during 2002 and 2003 as an assistant coach under former basketball coaches Ryan Wolf and David “Soupy” Campbell.

Wolf has pleaded not guilty to 37 counts of fraud, theft and embezzlement, and one forfeiture count. His trial is set for Oct. 25 in U.S. District Court in Wichita.

Campbell has pleaded not guilty to one count each of embezzlement and theft. A trial date is not set.

Former Barton County Community College President Veldon Law was fired in July because of the controversy.