Coach slightly on the court, makes contact with opposing player.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

While we often permit the coaches to be a bit over the line in regards to the box, I don't think we can ignore it when it causes contact with an opponent during a live ball, particularly if it disrupts that opponent such that they lose the ball OOB. The coaches need to be responsible for staying out of the way of live action and even more so when they step outside of their box.

Sounds good. But what about coach/player contact that occurs when the coach is standing, legally, in his coaching box, maybe with his fat belly sticking out over plane of the side boundary line, or maybe an arm, or elbow, and the player, while dribbling the ball, inbounds, also has some body parts hanging out over the plane of the sideline? The player's not out of bounds because he's contacting a person, not an object, but what's the responsibility of the coach in this situation, and what happens if there is contact, maybe putting the player at a disadvantage?