Under the current NCAA rules, college football teams are limited to one head coach, 10 assistant coaches and four graduate assistants when it comes to actual on-field instruction. But North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Mack Brown wants that rule changed as soon as possible.
During a press conference this week, Mack Brown revealed that he and most of the coaches around the league want the rule changed to allow everyone to coach because few programs across the country follow it and it’s nearly impossible for the NCAA to enforce.
“We all think the NCAA should allow everybody to coach because it’s a rule that they can’t enforce, and it’s broken in most of the universities across the country,” Mack Brown said according to On3. “And, it’s frustrating for us because we’re doing it right.”
North Carolina recently hired Clyde Christensen, the former position coach to Tom Brady, to be an offensive analyst for the team. But he can’t actually coach the players on the field, so the team has to get creative until the NCAA changes the rule.
“Ours have to stand there and talk through a coach or they can — obviously — Clyde can talk to Chip [Lindsey] in the quarterback room and the rest of them can hear it, but he can’t coach them individually, especially on the field. So, that should change. We’re hoping that changes in April. And there is absolutely no reason it shouldn’t change because compliance has to worry about it and then it’s a tough thing for them.”
The rule change would certainly make sense. We’ll have to see if the NCAA ultimately decides to make that move.
[On3]
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