Head coach arrives late

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Adam

I'm thinking this through.
Scenario 1: AC, while acting as the HC, earns a direct T. Once the HC arrives, he will be informed that he his AC earned him an indirect T while he was away, and the coaching box has already been forfeited.

Scenario 2: While AC is acting as HC, A7, sitting on the bench, earns a technical foul for being stupid. HC should be informed when he arrives that he has an indirect T and thus no coaching box. ACs can't get indirects, so this one is the HC's all along.

Alternate procedure that applies in either case: AC is informed he has two choices. He either takes on the role of HC for the entire game, or none of it. If he chooses door number 2, we can start the game with him on the bench coaching his kids, but he won't be able to utilize the coaching box nor request time outs. If he wants a TO, he'll need to have his players request it from the floor.

And yes, I agree with Jeff, the situation is exceedingly rare at the organized level. At summer level, whoever starts as HC will remain HC until he disqualifies himself.

And if this were situations that took place in the summer, we likely do not have a coaches box anyway and no one really cares. But during a regular season game if that was the case, that is how I would handle these situations for the most part.

But this is one of these "Referee shall make decisions on any points not specifically covered in the rules." (Rule 2-3)

Peace