[JRutledge]

When you hold the Coach's meeting or Sportsmanship meeting, make sure the head coach is present. If they are not you have the right to write the coach up to the IHSA for not attending. This meeting for the head coach is mandatory. They cannot just send any coach. If for some reason the head coach is not available, do everything to make them available. If it is unclear if they person is the head coach, then you ask them "Are you the head coach?" Depending on the time you have left before the game, you could run the meeting without the head coach, but let it be known that the head coach is responsible for the conduct of the bench. Then when it becomes unclear who the head coach is when the game is going on, you can always refer to the Coach's meeting and the coach's absents. This just takes a little preventative officiating and you should not have to deal with this problem very often.

Peace