Coach's Box

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Gentlemen, could somebody please show me in the NFHS (and NCAA, for that matter) Rule Book, where a "coach's" box is mentioned? Do you mean the coaching box? This may sound like nit-picking but there is a big diference between a coaching box and a "coach's" box. The rule was writtn so that a coach could stand up and "coach" his team; not stand up in an area and yell at officials.

Everyone of us has had a coach complain about receiving a technical foul for excercising his First Amendent rights to critize the officials while standing in the "coach's" (his words) box. His excuse was that he was in the box.

I think it is important that we use correct terminology when discussing rules both among fellow officials and to lay (game/school administrators, coaches, players, fans, and the press) people. It elevates the profession and educates the people who are not familiar with the rules of the sport.