The man accused of killing an Iowa high school football coach has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.

Coach Ed Thomas was shot June 24th in a weight room in front of about 20 students at Aplington-Parkersburg High School, about 80 miles northeast of Des Moines.

Twenty-four-year-old Mark Becker, a former player, plead not guilty in a written plea on Thursday.

Online court records show that Becker demanded a speedy trial, which means he will have to stand trial within 90 days. No trial date was immediately set. Becker remains in the Cerro Gordo County Jail on $1 million cash bond.