Thx. Basketball Gets to Have Two More Asst. Coaches...
by dillon77 (2023-05-31 13:55:57)

In reply to: NCAA passed an rule that allows for another paid  posted by Steelhop


...starting in July. Right now, many schools have loaded up on "directors" of various aspects who can help with on-campus recruiting.

Now, these two new assistants can coach in practice and games, can recruit on campus but cannot leave campus to recruit (no home visits for the those two slots).


Proof of that in basketball
by tf86  (2023-06-01 08:50:35)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I saw a team photo of the Texas Tech team that eliminated ND from the tourney in 22. There were more non-players than players in that photo.


I coach one of my sons flag football team and
by Steelhop  (2023-06-01 11:45:34)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

one year, there was a kid whose father was an assistant basketball coach for a local DI school. He was telling me all the various non-coaching positions on his basketball team including a masseuse, team psychologist, analytics position, an intermediary position that could be best described as a person that would communicate between the players and head coach if there was an issue. I asked him if it wasn't the role of the assistant coach to be the intermediary and he said "not anymore."