11 Conduct and Employment of Athletics Personnel

[11.01 unchanged.]

11.01.5 Coach, Student Assistant. A student assistant coach is any coach who is a student-athlete who has exhausted his or her eligibility in the sport or has become injured to the point that he or she is unable to practice or compete ever again, and who meets the following additional criteria:

[11.01.5-(a) through 11.01.5-(c) unchanged.]

(d) Is not involved in contacting and evaluating prospective student-athletes off campus or scouting opponents off campus and does not perform recruiting coordination functions (see Bylaw 11.7.2).

11.01.6 Coach, Volunteer. In sports other than bowl subdivision football and basketball, a volunteer coach is any coach who does not receive compensation or remuneration from the institution's athletics department or any organization funded in whole or in part by the athletics department or that is involved primarily in the promotion of the institution's athletics program (e.g., booster club, athletics foundation association). The following provisions shall apply:

(a) The individual is prohibited from contacting and evaluating prospective student-athletes off campus or from scouting opponents off campus and may not perform recruiting coordination functions (see Bylaw 11.7.2).

[11.01.6-(b) through 11.01.6-(e) unchanged.]

[11.01.7 through 11.01.8 unchanged.]

[11.1 through 11.5 unchanged.]

11.6 Scouting of Opponents.

11.6.1 Off-Campus, In-Person Scouting Prohibition. Off-campus, in-person scouting of future opponents (in the same season) is prohibited, except as provided in Bylaws 11.6.1.1 and 11.6.1.2.

11.6.1.1 Exception -- Same Event at the Same Site. An institution's countable coaching staff (per Bylaw 11.7.6) may scout future opponents also participating in the same event at the same site.

11.6.1.2 Exception -- Conference or NCAA Championships. An institution's countable coaching staff (per Bylaw 11.7.6) may attend a contest in the institution's conference championship or an NCAA championship contest in which a future opponent participates (e.g., an opponent on the institution's spring nonchampionship-segment schedule participates in a fall conference or NCAA championship).

[11.7 unchanged.]