CONNECTICUT INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

30 Realty Drive, Cheshire, Connecticut 06410

Telephone (203) 250-1111 / Fax (203) 250-1345

TO:	CIAC Board of Control

FROM:	Michael H. Savage, Executive Director

RE:	Out-of-Season Rule -- Final Wording

2.0	DURING SCHOOL YEAR OUT-OF-SEASON INCLUDING THE SUMMER

2.1.b.	Member schools may not permit their coaches to coach or instruct their member school athletes* in the sport which they coach.

*	Member school athletes are CIAC athletes whose names appear on the previous year's eligibility list and who have eligibility remaining in the sport.

Exceptions to 2.1.b.

3.	A member school coach may coach one non-school team per year provided no more than the number of member school athletes listed in the chart below are on the out-of-season team roster. Out-of-season rosters must remain fixed. Individual athletes may not be rotated on and off out- of-season non-school team rosters.

Girls Team Sports	Boys Team Sports

Sport	# Reg. Season	# Out-of-Season	Sports	# Reg. Season	# Out-of-
Season

Field Hockey	11	6	Football	11	6

Soccer	11	6	Soccer	11	6

Volleyball	6	3	Basketball	5	3

Basketball	5	3	Ice Hockey	6	3

Softball	9	5	Baseball	9	5

Lacrosse	12	6	Lacrosse	10	5

Volleyball	6	3

QUESTION #2 -- Can a coach who has been hired by a school, but not yet coaches in that school, coach and instruct athletes from that school during the summer prior to assuming his/her coaching duties?

Answer #2 -- No, a new coach must comply with the CIAC out-of-season regulation. For consistency, a new coach and a returning coach are treated the same. Coaching/instructing applies to "member school athletes" defined as CIAC athletes whose names appear on the previous eligibility list and who have CIAC eligibility remaining in the sport.

QUESTION #5 -- As a freshman coach, who has no contact with the varsity team, can I coach or instruct next years' varsity team in the summer league?

Answer #5 -- No, all coaches on the staff (freshman, JV or varsity) for that sport are prohibited from coaching "member school athletes" defined in the answer to question #2.

QUESTION #22 -- Can a volunteer who worked exclusively with soccer goalies during the season, coach the school's soccer team during the summer?

Answer #22 -- No, that volunteer is considered a coach and must comply with the CIAC out-of-season regulation.