ARTICLE FIVE

COACHES

1. The head coaches in Football, Men's and Women's Basketball are directly responsible to the Director of Athletics. The head coaches in Baseball, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, and Men's and Women's Soccer are directly responsible to the Associate Director of Athletics for Administration. The head coaches in Golf, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Men's and Women's Tennis and Track and Cross Country are directly responsible to the Associate Director of Athletics for Event Management and Facilities. The Associate Directors of Athletics for Administration and Event Management and Facilities report to the Director of Athletics. Each coach must also work closely with the associate directors of athletics and with all others involved with carrying out the philosophy and objectives of the Intercollegiate Athletics Program.
2. The head coach is responsible for administering all aspects of the program under his or her charge, including coaching, recruiting, promoting, making grant-in-aid recommendations, scheduling, making travel arrangements, requisitioning equipment, supervising assistants, monitoring academic progress of athletes completing required NCAA documents and attending to CAA or Atlantic 10 (conference) duties and responsibilities, and fulfilling such other related duties that might arise or be assigned.
3. All assistant coaches are directly responsible to the head coach in their respective sports.
4. In addition, all coaches must be thoroughly familiar with and comply with all University and appropriate conference and/or association (Colonial Athletic Association, NCAA, and Atlantic 10 Conference) policies. Failure to abide by these policies will result in appropriate disciplinary action, including possible suspension or termination.
5. Coaches are expected to exhibit a high level of expertise in their professional fields. They also must treat the academic requirements necessary for progress toward a degree as a matter of highest priority for the student-athletes in their charge and must actively encourage them to succeed academically and graduate. Coaches should be sensitive to final examination schedules for the athletes when scheduling their practice sessions.
6. It is expected that coaches in all sports will represent the University on the highest professional level with dignity, integrity, and strength of character. Coaches must respect the rights and dignity of each student-athlete. They also must display sensitivity to problems that may arise from racial and ethnic differences.

    

Section 2. Team Rules and Regulations

1. Pursuant to approval by the Director of Athletics, each head coach is expected to establish and publish rules and regulations regarding the general conduct of student-athletes in his or her charge. These rules and regulations will cover appearance, practice, classroom attendance, academic responsibility, punctuality, dress code and appearance of student-athletes on team trips, and general standards of behavior. It is a policy of the Department of Athletics that each coach makes clear to the student-athletes in his or her charge the acceptable standards of behavior and conduct for student-athletes that are expected. Each coach also will make clear that appropriate disciplinary action will be enforced by the coaches when these standards are not observed.
2. It is the responsibility of the coach that student-athletes realize their responsibilities. A student-athlete must realize and understand that he or she is an amateur athlete and that financial aid has strict limitations as governed by the University and appropriate conference and/or association. The student-athlete also must realize that as an athlete representing an intercollegiate sport, he or she is much more in the "limelight" than the average student. It is important that the student-athlete has a sense of responsibility to represent his or her sport in the classroom and on the campus in a manner that will reflect credit on athletes in general, and certainly on his or her team in particular.
3. The head coach in conjunction with the Compliance Office must brief his or her squad on University, conference, and association rules and regulations prior to practice or on the first day of practice. It is required that summaries of these rules be furnished to student-athletes in writing to prevent misunderstandings.
4. Coaches must advise their teams that the University prohibits any connection with gambling and/or gambling interests by Department of Athletics personnel, including student-athletes. Officials of the University, Department of Athletics personnel, and students (athletes or non-athletes) are directed to report any solicitation to become a party to sports bribery. Failure to report such incidents will be regarded as a serious offense and will be cause for appropriate disciplinary action.

   Section 3. Complimentary Tickets

   The Director of Athletics will establish the numbers of complimentary tickets for each head coach in his or her sport and for assistant coaches will be established annually. Tickets over and above the designated complimentary total may be purchased at full price by the coach, if tickets are available.

   Section 4. Outside Employment

   1. Speaking Engagements to Outside Groups such as High Schools, Banquets, Clinics.

      Many college coaches have opportunities for speaking engagements, depending on team success and exposure of the sport. A coach may receive an honorarium or suggest the amount of an honorarium for such speaking engagements. The fee or honorarium he or she receives is considered personal income and is accountable by the coach for tax purposes. If travel expenses are paid by the sponsoring organization, per diem or travel expenses may not be claimed from the University.

   2. Radio and Television Shows

      In some instances coaches are invited to have a personal radio or television show. Care should be taken that the sponsors of the show represent products in good taste. Coaches' shows should not be sponsored by products that might have unfavorable connotations for intercollegiate athletics in general or for the particular team that the coach represents. Radio and television shows must be self-supporting and compensation for shows is a part of coaches contract.

   3. Endorsements

      It is recognized that a coach may be paid to endorse certain products. Good taste must be of paramount concern in the type of products endorsed by the coach. On product endorsements, prior approval must be obtained from the Director of Athletics and must not be made in the name of the University.

   4. Other

      Any employment on a full- or part-time basis outside the University of a full-time, twelve-month coach must have prior approval by the Director of Athletics and the President.

   5. Business Support of Programs

      Coaches wishing to solicit support for programs, sports or clinics, must review these plans with the Associate Director of Athletics for Development before contacting any individual or business. (Support being defined as cash goods or services).

       

   Section 5. Participation in Scrimmages

   The Athletic Director has directed that only student-athletes registered for intercollegiate athletics be allowed to practice and participate in scrimmages. This means exactly what it says; no graduate assistants, part-time coaches, former graduates from a program, etc. will be allowed to practice or participate in scrimmages. Direct any questions concerning this policy to the Director of Athletics.

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