Coaching Box Q&A

[Freddy]

"...if the coach begins the game by sitting somewhere other than where the box is located, he/she may not use the box privileges any time during the game. The coach must begin the game in a position within the box is he/she wishes to stand when permitted under the optional coaching-box provisions." (10-5-1C)
However, schools do us no favor when they set the chairs up so the innermost and/or the outermost chairs are outside the coach's box. The coach naturally wants to range from or sit in the innermost and outermost chair and go from there though that is way out of the box.
We had one official in the area who would move the chairs to reflect this situation. He made several AD's livid. If anything he shoulda mentioned it to the AD and let him take care of it.
GV the other night I asked the coach to start out in the coaching box and he acted as if I was an alien from the planet Murdook. He said, "You mean I have to stay in this area?" I said, "Yes." And he did--the entire game. He was either testing me at the start to see if he could boss me around, or he had never heard of the rule governing the box before. I think the former, not the latter.
Easy for U1 to tactfully set the expectations just before the jump ball. Just wish all U1's would do it early in the season so we don't have to keep instructing coaches the entire year. Laziness or indifference on the part of some makes it harder on the rest.