During high school varsity pre-game warm-up, can coach A be assessed a technical for disputing calls which occurred in the previous JV game? And if assessed a technical foul, does this restrict Team A coaching staff to the bench for the varsity game? I say yes to both.

If referenced in rule/case book, please give rule/case #.

Thanks

No matter what the coach is showing his a$$ about, he can most certainly be assessed a T prior to the opening jump ball. The officials assume jurisdiction when they take the floor, 15 minutes prior to the game. if the caoch gets a T during this period of time, yes, he loses use of the coaching box.

Loss of Coaching Box
 

BktBallRef is most certainly correct...is he ever wrong? :)

Check out Case Book 10.5 SITUATION J
Ruling:..."Whenever the coach has been charged (directly or indirectly) with a technical foul, he/she has lost the privilege of using the coaching box for the entire game. The rule is in effect any time the coach personally commits the infraction directly or when it is charged indirectly because of illegal acts or unsporting conduct by bench personnel."

Also check out Rule 10-5
Coaches'Rule, under PENALTY:..."When the coaching box is being utilized, then the first technical foul charged directly or indirectly to the head coach results in loss of the coaching-box privileges and the coach shall comply with the provisions of Articles 1 and 2" (...remain seated on the bench at all times...with exceptions) "for the remainder of the game."

RD

Let me add a question to this post.
If the varsity coach receives a T during the JV game does it then seatbelt him for the varsity contest?

Follow-up:
If the varsity coach is ejected from the JV game can he coach the ensuing varsity game?

Coaches' Ejections
 

1. No

2. Yes

RD

No, it only applies in the game that the T occurred.

That depends. In NC, if a coach is ejected, he is suspended from being involved in any games until he has sat out two games at that level. So, a varsity coach ejected during a JV game would be forced to leave the building or at least the confines of the gym for the varsity game.

So while NFHS rules don't cover this, your state association may.

I believe the same goes in Illinois. An ejection is an automatic suspension of the next scheduled game for that level and cannot participate in any coaching capacity at any other level till that has been served.

If coach A is b1tching about the JV game slap his @ss with a
T. As has been said, any pregame T's earn the coaching
staff a seatbelt.

According to the IHSA
 

Or if 10 days have past. Which every comes first.

Peace

Coach Ejected
 

We had a Varsity Coach ejected from a JV game last year. The JV officials reported the ejection to the oncoming Varsity officials.
It was decided that the Varsity coach could indeed participate in his "level" game because, as the rules state (WA), the coach must sit out two games at the level in which he was ejected.
Since the Varsity level is a different level than JV it was deemed the Coach could participate.
We discussed this at our association meeting and the assigning secretary said the correct procedure was followed.

However, a post stated on this forum has got me wondering if we applied the rules correctly.
One post suggested the Coach leave the building for the entire night, to include the Varsity contest.
One post suggested the Varsity Coach that was ejected must "serve" his two game suspension before he could coach a Varsity contest.
One post went on to say two game suspension served or 10 days, whichever comes first.
These are interesting applications or interpretations of the rules.
My questions:
What is the correct procedure for Washington State?
Can an association come up with its own interpretation of the ejection rule as we did? i.e. Allowed the ejected Coach to coach in his Varsity contest.

DI

Re: Coach Ejected
 

I don't think they are interesting applications or interps, just state by-laws.

Here in OH it is for the remainder of the day and 2 games <i> at that level </i>. So, he would be done for that game, and all games until 2 JV games pass. So, if this happens during a JV or Frosh game, and they do not have 2 games to play at that level for 2 weeks, then he is out for that length of time. He may miss 3 or 4 Varsity games, since that is a different level.

Re: Re: Coach Ejected
 

Interesting....but I think you are wrong...unless you have some Washington State references to back up your apparent knowledge of this States "by-laws".

RD

Hehehehe
 

Some of you guys make up some of the most interesting rulings.

And I thought baseball umpires were the worst.

Re: Coach Ejected
 

Dan, the correct procedure for Washington is exactly what was done...according to the WIAA, the ejection punishment only applies to the "level" it happened at...in other words, the state looks at it this way - during the JV game, the Varsity coach is the Assisstant coach, and if ejected, will sit out the next JV game...he/she may still coach the Varsity game that night, the next night, etc...the same is true for the JV coach - if ejected from the JV game, he/she may still sit as the assisstant for the varsity game that SAME NIGHT!!

To answer your second question, no, an Assoc. can not make up it's own interpretations, and there are several around the state who - in the past - have lost State Tournament berths for trying to make up their own...it sounds like someone there at least had an idea of what the State policy was and handled the situation correctly...

Thanks
 

Thanks Rockyroad,
I appreciate your interpretation....whoops...knowledge of our WA state by-laws.;)
DI
Just up the river from you in the Tri-Cities...was over your way this summer when my boys raced MX at Washougal, WA.