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Originally Posted by Refsmitty
Can a referee sit a coach down without calling a technical on them?
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If a technical foul is charged to bench personnel for an unsporting comment made to an official, or any other of a variety of reasons (pregame dunk), then an indirect technical foul also gets charged to the head coach, who then loses his privilege of standing in the coaching box.
Once he loses this privilege, he still can stand for a few reasons: to request a time-out or signal his players to request a time-out; to confer with personnel at the scorer’s table to request a time-out for correctable error, or a timing, scoring or alternating-possession mistake to be prevented or rectified; to replace or remove a disqualified/injured player or player directed to leave the game; during a charged timeout, intermission between quarters and extra periods; and to spontaneously react to an outstanding play by a team member or to acknowledge a replaced player.
If, after losing his standing in the coaching box privilege, he is standing, and doing something that's not on the list above, like yelling plays to his players, then, yes, the official can tell the coach to sit down.