Head coach and captains meetings
 

NFHS rules: Is the Head Coach required to attend the captain's meeting? If he/she does not attend and sends an assistant coach, the head coach forfeits the right to the coaches box to that assistant? I believe they changed this a few years ago but can not find it in my old information.:confused:

State by state on this one, I believe.

"Hello, coaches. My name is Skippy and this is my partner, Sparky. We'll be the ones issuing the technicals tonight. Now, who wants to buy foul insurance?"

This would be in Illinois.

Since Mark officiates in Neverland (where he is known as Captain Hook), I wouldn't worry too much about his response. I'll just say that in CO and IA (the two states where I have first hand experience), there are separate meetings for coaches and captains. As far as I know, there are no punishments for a coach who sends an assistant. We just grab the HCs and have our little pow wow and move on. I've never had a coach not want to come, it's just expected.

Just wait until I get my hands, er, hand, on you, Tinkerbell! AAARRRGGGGHH! :eek:

I am not aware of any such rule.

Regardless, he certainly wouldn't "forfeit" it to that assitant. Only the Head Coach is allowed to be in the box.

In my area, this isn't an issue as the Head Coach always attends the meeting.

The coaching box is a state issue. The pregame meeting is also a state association issue. There is only a provision in the NFHS rules book to meet with the head coaches, I don't know of anything requiring the referee to meet with the captains prior to the game. So the states are free to handle this issue as they please.

In my state we have a brief chat with the captains to say hello and not much else, then go over and introduce ourselves to each head coach separately and confirm that the uniforms are legal and that sporting behavior will be displayed.

This has been and always will be pointless:rolleyes:

Around these parts, we've been told that if the head coach cannot be bothered to attend the c/c meeting and sends his assistant, the assist will be recognized as the head coach for the game. Think of it as a field promotion. ;)

I'm going to attempt to change this, in the games I'm the R anyway. I didn't like it at first, but I like meeting with both coaches and game admin because...

I want to let the coaches know we will answer questions a) when we can, game permitting and b) when the official in question gets back around in front of them in the natural flow of the game. I also (gently) let them know we will answer questions and not comments.

It is the closest thing they will get to a warning from me.

In PA, the head coach is required to attend the captain's meeting, and we have been instructed that we are to ensure he or she does attend so that we do not have to explain that the assistant who did attend is the head coach for the night.

This is, of course, coming from the PIAA, which insists that during your head coach and captain meeting, you read their Sportsmanship Statement verbatim from a provided card. Our district interpreter has made it clear that anyone memorizing all four sentences and not producing said card at the meeting will be penalized in evaluations. One of my favorite partners leaves reading glasses at the scorer's table expressly for this purpose. :rolleyes:

Here In The Land Of Steady Habits ...
 

Coaches and captains meeting at 5:00: Players properly equipped, Players wearing uniforms properly, Practice good sportsmanship, Adhere to the restrictions, as well as the privileges, of the coaching box.

Captains-Head Coaches-Officials pre-game meeting should occur from 5 to 10 minutes prior to start of game. If the head coach refuses to attend the meeting, notify Board Secretary or Commissioner, who will notify the school Athletic Director and CIAC.

We have a few head coaches who would rather eat glass than talk, rather than yell, to officials face to face. It's a power trip for them to not participate.

Perfect and accurate example why this is a waste of time. Feel free to remind him or her as your whackin them about the 2min heart to heart you had with them earlier. You will get more done in the relm of game management during time-outs and dead balls then you ever will during a pre-game meeting. And seventeen year old is looking for his girlfriend or parents the whole time.:)

In IL -- only the head coach can answer the "is everyone legally and properly equipped?" question.

If the head coach is available (read: on the floor), s/he must attend the meeting. If s/he refuses, write a report to the state.

If the head coach is not available (dealing with an injured player, caught in traffic, in the locker room, etc), have the meeting with the assistant, and then verify the equipment question with the HC before the game starts.

In WI, we have a captains' meeting and then introduce ourselves to the coaches just prior to introductions.

What you're describing sounds like baseball in WI. The head coach has to attend the pregame conference.

Interesting to note that head coaches lose the coaching box if they don't attend the post-season seeding meeting. I think many teams felt their attendance wasn't important.

HC: "No, we are wearing our road uni's tonight but we cleared it with the other team."

My side hurts.

The head coach is required to attend the pregame meeting with captains in Iowa now. The varsity coaches all know and understand this so I've never not had one of them come out for it. Lower level coaches aren't always aware of the requirement. I think the meetings are essentially a waste of time anyway, and my meetings are very brief, maybe 30 seconds. Nobody's listening anyway. My pet peeve; when one of my partners steps in when I am done and starts covering a bunch of other unnecessary stuff.

Which is why I never have anything to add; even if the R doesn't address the one thing I would.

All The Way Around ...
 

What if the R forgot to tell the captains which color the boundary lines were? This is an essential to a good pregame meeting. It's true. It's true.

Trust your partner, Billy. If he doesn't think it's essential, it's not. This isn't worth dialing long distance to get.

Side Out ???
 

But what happens if they confuse the basketball lines with the volleyball lines? Or even worse, they might confuse the basketball lines with the badminton lines. It could lead to Armageddon. If the referee doesn't say, "It's the red line all the way around", then the game can't officially start. It's a rule. You could look it up. It's just like the Indianapolis 500. The race can't officially start until someone says, "Gentlemen, start your engines".