2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA
2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA
2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA
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Appendix III<br />
Officiating Guidelines<br />
Section 1. Bench Decorum<br />
a. Coaching box. The rules committee wants the coaching box rule enforced<br />
and technical fouls called for infractions. Coaches are expected to remain in the<br />
coaching box. To do otherwise results in a distinct advantage that is not within<br />
the spirit and intent of the rules. Roaming coaches also negatively influence play<br />
by being out on the court. The rule is clear and concise. Some coaches blatantly<br />
disregard the coaching box and many officials refuse to enforce the rule. Head<br />
coaches have the responsibility to remain in the box and behave in a sportsmanlike<br />
manner. Institution and conference administrators must demand that their coaches<br />
adhere to the rules and must support officials who properly enforce the rules. The<br />
following guidelines have been established to assist in adjudicating this situation.<br />
1. Out of the coaching box. The rules prohibit the head coach from<br />
being outside the prescribed coaching box. After a warning, a technical foul<br />
shall be assessed when a coach is clearly and completely outside his/her box.<br />
2. Unsportsmanlike conduct. Coaches engaging in minor conduct infractions<br />
should receive a warning from officials. Any subsequent violation results in<br />
a technical foul. Any egregious (blatant) conduct violation, while inside or<br />
outside the coaching box shall be properly penalized without warning, with<br />
a technical foul.<br />
b. Assistant coaches and bench personnel. All bench personnel, with the<br />
exception of the head coach, are required to be seated on the bench while the<br />
ball is live except to react spontaneously to an outstanding play and then to<br />
immediately return to sitting on the bench. Violations by players, and especially<br />
assistant coaches, should not be tolerated by officials. When assistant coaches or<br />
bench personnel are violating bench decorum rules in a minor way, the official<br />
shall inform the head coach and request that he/she handle the situation. This is<br />
an official warning. Any further violation by bench personnel shall result in a<br />
technical foul assessed to the offender. Egregious (blatant) conduct violations<br />
by assistant coaches or bench personnel need no warning and shall immediately<br />
result in a technical foul. A technical foul assessed to bench personnel is also<br />
assessed (women) indirectly and (men) as a CLASS B technical foul to the head<br />
coach.<br />
Section 2. Screening<br />
A screen is legal action by any player with or without the ball, which, without<br />
causing contact, delays or prevents an opponent from reaching a desired position.<br />
A screener must maintain a normal stance with feet no wider than shoulder width<br />
apart. If a player is engaged in illegal screening tactics and there is no contact<br />
with the opponent, no foul has occurred. Players must adhere to the screening<br />
rules outlined in Rule 4-60.<br />
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