No Assistant coach

[Terrapins Fan]

We had a situation last night. 1 coach, no assistant. Coach gets a "T" early in the game and almost a 2nd, my partner withheld the 2nd "T" thinking that because there was no assistant coach the game would have to be called.

I don't know the rule on this. Can the game go on? ( It's high school ) Can a parent come out of the stands and coach? Can the players play without a coach?

Can you find the rule covering this?

Thanks.

[mutantducky]

well the home team should have an admin person on site and they can do it.
not sure about visiting

[Adam]

It's up to your state governing body. Contact them and find out.

[Terrapins Fan]

It was the visiting team.

[derwil]

Had it happen 6 tears ago in Tennessee. Girls coach came out of the stands and finished up the game. In TN, any school representative is allowed to coach. Pop can't do it unless he's affiliated with the school.

[bigdogrunnin]

Had this exactly situation at a JVB tournament a few years back. Coach gets a "T" from me. Won't sit down . . . and stands during FT's for T. Finally sits down as we conduct TI. A1 goes down, passes to A2, who gets fouled by B2 in the lane. Hard foul too. I make the call. Coach started yelling how it was a horrible call, etc., etc. I walk over, report the call, and remind coach he is to coach his kids and nothing more.

I gave him a chance to remain in the game, but he started in again. Then he looked at me and said, "What are you going to do? You aren't going to do anything."

I calmly step back, making a well-formed T with my hands. "Coach of Red has been ejected." I asked the coach, "do you have an assistant?" (3-times). He refused to respond. I blow on the whistle and declare the game a forfeit and tell official scorer to make the score 2-0 in the book. He was winning 27-19!! There was about 5 minutes left in the 3rd Period at the time.

Game Over. I turned around and walked off the floor. He started to come after me, but the AD from the tournament host school grabbed him.

He served a 1-game suspension, was placed on probation for a year, and received a public reprimand. (And in Texas, if they are not employed by the school district, they are not allowed to coach or sponsor any extra-curricular activity, such as athletics. Though there are a very limited # of exceptions (e.g., retire/volunteer)).