I am curious. What states follow NFHS rules and policies completely? What states deviate and by how much?
Massachusetts has some differences.
1) we use a 30 sec shot clock
2) we have 5 full time outs (no 30 sec TO)
3) girls do not have a 10 sec backcourt count
4) we use the optional coaching box
5) new this year- mouthguards required

In PA the only difference is we use a seat belt rule for coaches - no coaching box. (also we tend to make up rules when two teams fight in the state playoffs).

I've seen rules made up in that situation also.

We also play halves, instead of quarters, which is why we have 5 time-outs.

That is not a difference, as the coaching box is a state adoption "optional" rule.

I knew there was something I was forgetting.
Thanks, Chuck.

Maryland
 

In Maryland Boys are straight NFHS while the girls use a 30 second shot clock and eliminate the 10 second back court count.

We also play halves, instead of quarters, which is why we have 5 time-outs.
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Yup. I like it. 2 fewer "last shot" scenarios per game.

In Iowa, HS boys and girls are administered by separate state associations so the Girls union always throws a few differences in there to justify their existence. Iowa girls leave the first spaces in the lane empty instead of the top ones for free throws. There is also no jump ball but instead a coin flip to determine possesion at the start of the game. Coaches are allowed to stand in the box for girls but are confined to the bench in boys.

While it is true it is an optional rule, PA does not allow coaches to stand except to:
1. Call a time out
2. Go to scorers table to request an error to be corrected
3. Enter the court when beckoned by an official

Those events are a subset of the situations outlined by the NFHS for when a coach may stand when the "seatbelt" rule is in effect for coaches.

It is also my understanding that only one other state uses the seatbelt rule, I think Michigan, but I am not 100% sure of that.

You are instructed to T the coach if s/he stands spontaneously to cheer for an outstanding play?!?!?!

I think it might be Iowa. . . ;)

Mike: Didn't Iowa get rid of the (stupid) old "girls basketball" rules real late (like 1980something)? Well, I guess what they do now is better than that, at least. Hopefully they have gotten rid of the bloomers. Why don't they just join the boys association and let the girls play the same rules? Does this involve separate officials who can only officiate one or the other? Do they have the same season?

Minnesota is a follower
 

Here in Minnesota we seem to follow NFHS rules to a "T". There may be something I'm not thinking of, but to the best of my knowledge we don't deviate from the NFHS book.

Re: Minnesota is a follower
 

As nutty as it may sound, yes. If I see the coach standing, I ask the coach if he/she wants a time out, if they respond negatively, I can "T" 'em. I never said Pennsylvania was logical. I cut slack for new coaches coming from other states