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Matt Schult
Pendleton High School

Doesn't Finotti coach most of the Riverside players in club? I may be misinformed.

I understood he was not going to do HS again, but I guess things change.

Question.To extrapolate SHup^&plays statement.

if you are not a teacher in the system, but are the HS coach. Are you limited by the SCHSL rules of number of players you coach outside of School? I believe the answer is yes.

If you are not a teacher in the system and you are not the head coach but an assistant. Are you limited by the same requirement? Not implying Coach Finotti is doing anything wrong, just asking a question.

I don't know anything about SCHSL rules but last year the coach of Hillcrest HS was not a teacher and also coached a CESA club team. Nick (Finotti) coaches more than 1 CESA team so if there is a problem it would have to be in the numbers, but I would assume that Coach Finotti did his homework. There are only 2 players on his 90 Boys Premier team that attend Riverside. I don't know the players on his other club teams......

Maybe I should post a different thread, I am sure noone is doing anything knowingly wrong. I am just wondering the specifics of the the SCHSL rules.

I know the club team cannot be composed of more than 9 players (??). But with open training sessions and the like you can at any given period be "coaching" more than that number. Is it a specific club team or is it in general. If it is specific to a club team what's to stop a HS coach from selecting players from the HS in the club and hold training session every week?

I am ignorant in this subject and was just asking the question. Maybe Kyle or Kevin can provide an answer.

A coach (any associated with the high school) can only coach/train 8 returning varsity players per team in the offseason. The eight returning varsity players include any player that dressed for a varsity match the prior HS season. In other words, the player didn't even have to play, simply dress to be considered a varsity player.

There are many cases where high school coaches (head coaches, assistant coaches, volunteer coaches) double in the fall as club coaches. As long as they don't exceed the 8 player rule, they are fine.

Not sure on the "open training" example you gave, but my understanding is that the rule pertains to coaching a "team."

greenville now has a coach

just to remove the rumors, Coach Nickles is still the coach at Emerald.