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title: "NCAA bars hoops coaches from other DI games"
url: https://www.herewashingtondc.com/2026/10/09/ncaa-bars-basketball-coaches-other-di-games/
date: 2026-10-09T08:03:07-04:00
modified: 2026-10-09T08:03:07-04:00
author: "HERE City National Desk"
categories: ["Sports"]
site: "HERE Washington DC"
attribution: "HERE Washington DC"
---

# NCAA bars hoops coaches from other DI games

*Source: [HERE Washington DC](https://www.herewashingtondc.com/2026/10/09/ncaa-bars-basketball-coaches-other-di-games/) — October 9, 2026 by HERE City National Desk*

*From the HERE City National Desk*

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Cabinet on Wednesday approved a rule that will prohibit men’s basketball coaches and their team-specific staffs from attending games involving other Division I teams.

Coaches and other team-specific staff members will now be prohibited from attending preseason, regular-season and conference tournament games involving other teams. They still may attend NCAA championship and other postseason contests.

An exception applies when a contest involves a family member of the coach or staff member as a participant, or when the contest is part of an event in which their own team is also competing.

Oversight committees backed the change as a means of reducing in-person recruiting of potential transfers, hoping to deter tampering before a student-athlete has been entered into the Transfer Portal during their sport’s notification-of-transfer window.

The Cabinet also approved adjusted notification-of-transfer windows for multiple sports on Wednesday, including a 10-day window for gridiron programs beginning the first business day after Jan. 1, alongside similar calendar tweaks proposed by sport oversight committees.