Coaching Box Q&A

[BoomerSooner]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Where are you seeing this? The only place in the rule book I see the coach losing the box for reasons other than a technical foul is this from 10.5.1 Sit A:

RULING: Legal. The coach is not required to use the optional coaching box even though it has been adopted by the state association. However, 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 if he/she wishes to stand when *permitted under the optional coaching-box provisions.

10.5.1 A indicates a technical foul is to be issued there as well (unless they changed that this year...I looked it up in last year's book).

I think I was incorrectly taking the ruling that if a coach sits outside the box to start the game, he/she can't use it for the entire game and transforming it into the idea that if a coach leaves the box and sits on the bench outside of the box for any reason he/she loses the coaching box. Q#9 in the OP got me to thinking about this, but in reading the OP again, the answer provided didn't dictate the coaching box be lost. So I went back and reviewed the rules and the previous posts again. I guess my issue is that I've never thought of the coaching box like a prison that can't be left and I guess some of that stems from the fact that it isn't enforced like a maximum security facility. I don't think this whole discussion really change anything, but it does give me a better understanding of the rule.