Coaches: Indirect vs. Direct

[SC Official]

Read Rule 10-5. Anytime bench personnel (including the head coach) commits one of those actions, it is a technical foul charged DIRECTLY to that individual. If the offender is not the head coach, the head coach is also INDIRECTLY charged a technical foul which does NOT count toward the team foul count, but counts as one of his/her 3 total T's before being ejected. In any situation the coaching box is lost. You will notice that pretty much everything in Rule 10-5 is conduct-related.

Additionally, Rule 10-6 outlines more actions that, if committed by the head coach, result in a DIRECT technical. That includes allowing team members to participate while wearing illegal UNIFORMS (10-6-4), NOT illegal equipment/accessories. For the latter they simply cannot participate until they remove the illegal item(s).

Administrative/team technicals (Rules 10-1 and 10-2) count as a TEAM FOUL but do NOT get assessed to the head coach or a team member. And since there is no technical (direct or indirect) being charged to the head coach, the coaching box is not lost.