The NCAA’s new policy doing away with the “volunteer coach” designation should have a positive impact on swimming and diving programs that have money to spend.
The press release for the policy, which was approved in January and is set to take effect in July, turned out to be a bit misleading. It failed to clarify that volunteer coaches are allowed to be converted into paid positions, but the option remains to keep them unpaid.
There is a slight drawback for combined programs, though. Whereas combined programs could previously employ a maximum of nine coaches — a head swimming coach, head diving coach, four assistants, two volunteer swimming coaches, and a volunteer diving coach — they will now have a limit of eight, though all can now be paid as opposed to just six in the past.
Split programs such as the University of Texas will be able to bring on an extra paid assistant along with the three full-time positions already afforded for a total of four countable coaches per team. Previously, separate programs could employ two volunteer coaches per team — one for swimming, one for diving — while combined programs could have three volunteer coaches — one for men’s swimming, one for women’s swimming, and one for diving
An institution that conducts separate men’s and women’s swimming programs and a combined men’s and women’s diving program may include an assistant diving coach in the limitations for either team, but they’re still limited to eight coaches in total.
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