coaching box

[benbret]

NF Rules. High School game in Virginia. The home school does not have the coaching boxes marked. The home school did not want to put down tape afraid it would hurt the new floor finish. The R told both teams that since no boxes were marked the visiting team coach could stand but the home team coach had to sit. Anybody ever heard of this rule and if so where is it written?

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by benbret

Anybody ever heard of this rule and if so where is it written?

No. It isn't.

1-13-2 states the rule, but book is silent about any sort of consequence of breach of it. Casebook 1-13-1 speaks of reporting the situation to your state association, but that is regarding a bench location issue.
Around here we put down the tape and reported these oversights to the state, and the lack of lines was taken care of soon thereafter. Can't think of a gym that isn't permanently marked now.

Of course, "When in Nome, do as the Nomans do." Although you mentioned "NF rules", your state may handle it the way you cited.

[Adam]

This is the policy in some states, at least one.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

This is the policy in some states, at least one.

True in the Constitution State:

The Coaching Box must be marked. It is measured 28 feet from the end
line toward midcourt, then 14 feet down back towards the end line. Only
head coaches are permitted to stand during play. If home management
refuses to mark the coaching boxes with tape, the home team head coach
must remain seated for the entire game. However, the visiting team head
coach will be allowed to stand in an area designated by the officials.

[tjones1]

In Illinois it's simple, no boxes means the coaches have to sit.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

NFHS R10-S5-A1 (Head Coach's Rule), known in layman's terms as the Seat Belt Rule, has been virtually unchanged since the NBCUSA adopted it for boys'/girl's high school and men's college competition in 1970-71. Of course it was never enforced at the men's college level and when the NBCUSA split into the NFHS Basketball Rules and NCAA Basketball Rules Committees the NCAA Committee dropped the rule.

The rule as written is a seat belt rule but with a provision that a StateHSAA can adopt a Coaching (not Coach's ) Box with the stipulation that the CB be marked, even if a StateHSAA adopts a CB, if it not marked at both benches the "Seat Belt Rule" prevails for both teams.

MTD,Sr.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by benbret

NF Rules. High School game in Virginia. The home school does not have the coaching boxes marked. The home school did not want to put down tape afraid it would hurt the new floor finish. The R told both teams that since no boxes were marked the visiting team coach could stand but the home team coach had to sit. Anybody ever heard of this rule and if so where is it written?

That is the standard Virginia interp. In fact, it's usually includes that the visiting coach can go from endline to 28' mark as his box.

[ref2coach]

Originally Posted by benbret

NF Rules. High School game in Virginia. The home school does not have the coaching boxes marked. The home school did not want to put down tape afraid it would hurt the new floor finish. The R told both teams that since no boxes were marked the visiting team coach could stand but the home team coach had to sit. Anybody ever heard of this rule and if so where is it written?

Same procedure is used in TN. TN uses a 6 foot coach's area, we had a school that built a new gym and marked 14 foot CAs. School did not want to add a tape line at 6 foot. TSSAA was asked for a ruling and they notified the School and the Association that if the school did not correct the CAs that the home coach would set and the visiting coach could use the 14 foot CA.
The fixed the lines.