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Originally Posted by truerookie
10-5-1 By state association adoption, the head coach may be off the bench in front of his/her seat within the confines of the designated coaching box, as in 1-13-2 , for the purpose of coaching his/her team.
I went to observed a varsity tournament at a local high school. They have an annual tournament for their conference. Well, a coach of the opposing team was off the bench every time the other team went to shoot free-throws below the free throw line (first half). I found this odd because if a player was in the same location and he/she is not in the lane spaces or behind the arc it is a violation (disconcertion).
So, after the game I asked the officials why they allowed the coach to be in that location in the first half. The answer they gave me pissed me off. As long as, the coach is coaching and not bothering them directly they did not have a problem with it.
So, I brought up the disconcetion situation and they stated I was being an OOO and that I would have a hard time advancing worrying about the location of a coach when he/she is just coaching.
Coaches do rate officials in Missouri. 
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You have just realized one of the biggest dilemas that officials face, especially when they are rated by coaches (which they are in IL as well). To me the bottom line is that a coach out of the box, then 1) If they are out and yelling at me and/or my partners it is a no brainer or 2) if they are coaching they are gaining an unfair advantage if the opposing coach is following the rules. That being said, I am not "looking" over there, but if I see a coach out of the box once, I might ignore it. If I see them out of the box again I will probably warn them. After that if you have warned them, you cannot warn them again or you lose all credibility, you have to follow through with the tech. That being said there is a difference between "being out of the box" and taking a step out for a second and then returning, you really have to use judgement in this area. As far as the comments from those officials, to me that is a crock...you may get a bad rating from a coach, but if this coach is one who would give you a bad rating based on you enforcing this rule, then they probably would have found something else to nail you on anyway...and I have never had an assignor give any negative feedback for issuing a tech....