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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
The rules and casebook plays state that there is only one head coach. Why would you let a team change head coach's in the middle of a game.
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Simply because
the head coach wasn't there at the beginning.
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Unless the original head coach becomes disqualified or has to leave the game for illness or some other legitimate reason there is no reason of a team to change head coaches in the middle of the game.
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Is being late for a legitimate reason less legitimate than having to leave early for a legitimate reason? Take a little dose of the "Intent and Purpose of the Rules"
section here. This is surely a rare happening. Take the path of least resistance. If the acting head coach had picked up a technical foul, I would simply inform the late arriving coach that if he intended to assume the head coach position, he would also assume the burden of having a technical foul in place.