Coach Berating Players

[BryanV21]

First we have to be a part of the fashion police, and now some want us to be a part of the moral police? No thanks.

If the NFHS, OHSAA, my assignors, or some other authority figure over me wants me to interject at some point... fine. But until then, I'm not there to teach manners to anyone.

Now, if the coach's actions/words start to affect the game, which I'm supposed to be in control of, then that's another thing. But there are people like ADs, parents, and school administrators whose job it is to control their coaches.

[Mark Padgett]

Many years ago I was working a MS game with a guy I hadn't worked with before. The coach of one team, who was a teacher at one of the schools, was verbally berating his players. In about the middle of Q2, he actually started to use some profanity (not terrible words, but they were profane). My partner went over to him at a TO and told him that he was on the local School Board and if he heard any more profanity coming from the coach, he would bring that up to the Board and ask for a "sanction" which would go on the teachers record.

The coach apologized and said he would change his attitude. I went over to my partner and asked him if he was really on the School Board. He kind of giggled and said, "No way." I told him it was a good move and I would use it if I needed to in the future. I never had to use it, though.

[Rob1968]

If we ever feel it's necessary to ask an administrator to address the actions of his/her coach, a good reference may be the "COACHES CODE OF CONDUCT" on p. 84 of the current NFHS Rules Book.