In sports other than basketball, an institution’s coach may be involved in any capacity in the
same sport for a local sports club or organization located in the institution’s home community,
provided all prospective student-athletes participating in said activities are legal residents of the
area within a 50-mile radius of the institution.
In all sports, an institution’s coach may be involved in any capacity in a sport other than the
coach’s sport for a local sports club or organization located in the institution’s home community,
provided all prospective student-athletes participating in said activities are legal residents of the
area within a 50-mile radius of the institution.
In organizations involving multiple teams or multiple sports, the 50-mile radius is applicable
only to the team with which the institution’s coach is involved. A coach may also be involved in
activities with individuals who have not yet reached prospect age who live outside of the 50-mile
radius.
The 50-mile radius does not apply to a prospective student-athlete who resides outside a 50-mile
radius of the institution, provided documentation is submitted to the Compliance Office that the
local sports club is the closest opportunity for the prospective student-athlete to participate in the
club sport.
In women’s volleyball, institutional coaching staff members may not coach a local sports club
team at an off-campus competition where prospective student-athletes are present during a dead
or quiet period, according to the recruiting calendar. However, it is permissible for an
institution’s coaching staff member to coach his or her own local sports club team in practice
activities.
Coaches and administrators in the Holy Cross Department of Athletics must comply NCAA rules
and regulations regarding athletically related outside income.
Bylaw 11.3.2.2: An outside source is prohibited from paying or regularly supplementing an
athletics department staff member’s annual salary, and from arranging to supplement that salary
for an unspecified achievement.
Bylaw 11.3.2.1: A department employee may earn income in addition to their institutional salary
by performing services for outside groups.
Bylaw 11.3.2.3: An outside organization or individual is permitted to supplement an athletic
department staff member’s salary with a direct cash payment in recognition of a specific and
extraordinary achievement (e.g., winning a conference or national championship, reaching a
monumental career win).
Bylaw 11.2.2: To determine compliance with the foregoing bylaws, Athletics Department full
and part-time employees (excluding secretarial or clerical personnel) must provide a written,
detailed account of all athletically- related income and benefits received from sources outside of
the institution.
Athletically related outside income includes, but is not limited to
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Income from annuities
Non-institutional sports camps and
clinics
Private lessons
Housing benefits
Country club memberships
Complimentary tickets
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Television and radio programs
Endorsement or consultation
contracts
Stipends or honorariums
Speaking engagement fees
Bonus/salary supplement from
sources outside work at Holy Cross.
Athletics staff members may not post to any social media platform a photograph or video of a
prospective student-athlete (or multiple prospective student-athletes) prior to the prospective
student-athlete signing a NLI, institutional financial aid agreement or written offer of admission.
This includes “liking,” “favoriting” or “retweeting.”
Rosemary Shea
Associate Athletics Director
508-793-2318
Ryan Colton
Assistant Athletics Director
508-793-3582
[email protected]
[email protected]