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Can anyone explain the NCAA 50 mile rule as it applies to college coaches coaching club teams. I've been told that a college coach cannot coach a player at a club (team, goalkeepers, etc) if the player lives outside of a 50 mile radius of the coaches institution, ie college campus. If this is true then how do college coaches train USSF Academy teams, USC at SC United, NC at North Meck, etc. and College coaches coach/train state ODP teams.

That same question was asked in another thread on here a few months ago. If I remember correctly someone said the coaches received waivers from the NCAA.

that is correct....
1- it is 50 miles from the institution
2- Only applies to NCAA affiliates, NAIA is different
3- Not 100% clear but if coaching opposite sex the rule may not be in effect
4- NCAA allows coaches to coach NON-recruit age players ususally U13 and below...U14 is tricky depending on player school grade
5- NCAA allows coaches to be involved in ODP program
6- Coaches are not allowed to do personal training if the player falls in the recruitable age group.
7- coaches are allowed to run mini camps open to everyone for a fee. Some places use this rule for TRAINING, therefore you pay the coach the fee as if he was running a camp. Of course noone can say whether anyone was excluded from the training.
8- SP9194 I also heard of special waivers from NCAA, but have never read in the NCAA handbook anything about this waiver. Suffice to say that schools would not let a coach create an NCAA violation if it was not legal.

Also note not all sports have same rules.