Question about Coach's Box

[Adam]

Originally Posted by deecee

hes not a caged animal -- all these coaches box discussions give me the impression that a lot of officials treat the coach like a hamster or gerbil --

I think "howler monkey" is the animal you're looking for.

BTW, it's not a "coach's box." It's a "coaching box." It doesn't belong to the coach, it's about what he can do in it.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by benbret

J Rutledge,
In most of our high schools the team sits on the bottom row of the bleachers. You are saying if the coach gets a direct T then he can sit anywhere. Can he move in front of the score table? Can he sit on the last seat on the end line? Anytime that he can stand ( timeout, end of quarter, hurt player) can he move to another location before he sits down? Just wondering how far would you let the coach go? I agree with Nevadaref. I believe if he is using the coaches box and gets a T then he should remain seated inside the box for the rest of the game.

He must sit in the team bench area, which is designated prior to the start of the game.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by benbret

J Rutledge,
In most of our high schools the team sits on the bottom row of the bleachers. You are saying if the coach gets a direct T then he can sit anywhere. Can he move in front of the score table? Can he sit on the last seat on the end line? Anytime that he can stand ( timeout, end of quarter, hurt player) can he move to another location before he sits down? Just wondering how far would you let the coach go? I agree with Nevadaref. I believe if he is using the coaches box and gets a T then he should remain seated inside the box for the rest of the game.

If an official doesn't wish to be so rigid as to restrict him to a seat within the length of the coaching box, the most one could reasonably allow is for him to remain seated with the confines of the team bench as defined by game management per 1-13-1. He is not allowed to go sit up in the stands with the crowd. Bench personnel must be on the bench.

[BillyMac]

Once the coach is "seatbelted" he or she is still allowed to stand up in certain specific circumstances: during a charged time out, during intermissions, to spontaneously react to an outstanding play by a team member, to acknowledge a replaced player, to request a timeout, to confer with the table personnel for a correctable error situation, and to confer with the table personnel to prevent or rectify a timing, scoring, or alternating possession mistake.