The trial of former ISU men’s basketball assistant coach Randy Brown, who is charged with one count of receipt and one count of possession of images containing minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, is scheduled to begin Monday in federal court.

If convicted, Brown could face up to five years in prison for possession and up to 15 years for receipt, according to the United States Code, Title 18, Section 2252.

The trial is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Des Moines.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children originally contacted ISU Police after discovering an individual on the ISU network was having online conversations and soliciting sex from whom he believed to be a 15-year-old girl.

A search of Brown’s home and his Hilton Coliseum office by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and ISU Police on Jan. 24 resulted in the discovery of computer disks containing images of minors engaging in sexual acts. Brown surrendered two computers at his home.

Brown was originally charged with obstruction of justice after he destroyed about 30 other computer disks at his office containing nude images of minors, after the U.S. Postal Inspector told him not to do so.

The charge of obstruction of justice has since been dropped.

Brown was indicted by a federal grand jury March 11.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges on March 24 at the U.S. District Court in Des Moines.

Brown resigned from his position as assistant coach on March 3 after charges were filed against him. He had taken a leave of absence from the team in late January. Brown coached parts of five seasons as an assistant to former ISU coach Larry Eustachy.

ISU players and coaches have not commented on Brown’s resignation, saying the matter would be kept “in the locker room.”

Timothy McCarthy, a Des Moines attorney, will represent Brown in the trial.

— Daily staff reports contributed to this article.