If the coach is helping to break things up, then he WAS beckoned onto the court -- even if I don't remember doing it. ;)

For that matter, as long as they are not part of the problem, they were beckoned....even if they were just standing there observing ready to help if we need them.

It is interesting to note that the one lady in the white shirt that was breaking up the fight sent the girls away and you see them walking alone away from the floor... So in the end the team either needs to go get them or send an adult to be with them...

What I was taught is we have no idea why they're coming onto the court so we deal with it accordingly. Knowing my assignors I'm sure I'd have their support as soon as I put the words "head coach from team xxx entered the court during the incident" on a report.

I had a situation similar to this one about 3-4 years ago and no one from either coaching staff set foot on the court. One thing that helped, I think, is when things broke out I was table-side so I was able to turn and yell for everyone to stay where they were. Two members of the home team bench - non-coaches - didn't listen and they got tossed.

That line of thinking seems backwards to me. They're adults, and I'm going to assume they're going to act like adults and are coming onto the court to act as peacemakers...coaches and assistants alike until proven otherwise.

I know anyone I've ever worked for, if I simply put I ejected a coach for entering the court during an altercation, the first thing they'd ask is "what did the coach do?" If I followed up with anything but something unsporting, I'd have a very PO'd assignor.

But hey, if that's how your bosses want this handled, when in Rome...

99% of the time when a coach comes out in this situation, he comes out to help. So unless he proves otherwise, I'm assuming that's what he's doing. The exceptions will be dealt with accordingly, plus will likely end up on YouTube.