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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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