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Anyone know if a referee is black balled are they allowed to ref your game after that? Urgent!

yes, but don't trust the ref who has been blue balled.

I believe there is a amount of time that they are not allowed to ref your games, but then after a set time, they can ref your games again.

I'm not positive, but you may have only black balled them from your home matches. There's a chance they could be assigned your match if on the road.
Something my AD mentioned to a coach from another sport when they asked about black balling, "If you black ball this one, will his replacement be better?" Definitely something to think about when taking that action. You would hope you've seen the worst official ever if you take that action, but there's always a possibility there's one worse out there you haven't seen yet!

Fair warning: When you blackball an official, you occasionally incur the wrath of his/her colleagues. I wouldn't for anything less than absolutely inappropriate behavior/language, endangerment of players, etc. Simple incompetence isn't a good enough reason.

I had a ref use foul language to me after a match when I was asking him a question. I was not trying to be brash with my question, but he said, "I don't have to answer any of your questions, A-hole." I later found out that he was reffing games for schools that were competing in the same region that his son's team was in. When I told the AD, he called the coordinator, and he wasn't allowed to ref any games in our region.

An unrelated question: In a match earlier this week, the coaching staff of the other team had the same kit on as our players and one of the coaches was getting down as far as the 18. On at least one occasion, our player passed a ball to their coach on the sideline. Shouldn't the coaches have been asked to wear pennies or change out their tops?

The coaches should have been asked to stay in their coaching box...

The episode described is not at all uncommon, and extends to players in warmups standing on the sideline. However, I will say that I have been told there is no official technical area in SCHSL soccer, so this is up to a ref's discretion.
Were I king, I'd put in 4 housekeeping rules:
1) Both teams on the same sideline.
2) Limited technical area, for coaching only.
3) Only one coach standing (in technical area at a time).
4) All personnel on sidelines in pinnies or street clothes.

(I'm not holding my breath.)

Also, years ago, the NCAA instituted rules about the number of assistant coaches per staff in certain sports, to reduce any real or perceived advantage well-heeled schools might gain by having numerically huge staffs.
I believe that one head coach and two assistants are PLENTY to manage/coach a live match. I'd allow schools as many staff as they're willing to pay for, but allow only 3 on the bench/sideline during a match.
I'd also rule that, as soon as a yellow card is assessed to a bench/coach, that no coaches from that side be allowed to stand during the remainder of the match.