Make sure what you are posting on social media is not anything derogatory or personal in any negative way or form about the organization, your team, or your players you are representing.
Implement group texting at all times, avoid private streams with players.
Never engage in 1 on 1 communication with athletes, make sure a third party or other people are present whenever communicating with athletes.
Share all schedules and itineraries with parents in advance.
If you are ever in a locker room setting as a team, do not allow any recording devices to be used by either players or coaches, gather cell phones from everyone once in the locker room (they should be paying attention anyway).
If you are ever in a situation where you need to travel to a local tournament, make sure you provide:
Parent contact information for others to communicate and a carpool schedule
Clear communication that parents/guardians are responsible for transportation
If a situation arises where an athlete needs a ride home and you are the only option available, make sure there is a 3rd person in the car and NEVER a situation where it is you and 1 athlete in the car.
Example: a player gets a concussion that drove themselves to practice alone, the player cannot drive home and no one can get a hold of parents to come pick the athlete up. The coach could drive the injured athlete with another uninjured athlete to a common location (such as a school, etc) and have a fellow parent come pick up BOTH at the location. Then kindly ask fellow parent if injured athlete can stay at their location until the injured parents are contacted. But DO NOT take injured athlete home privately. HYPERLINK "http://www.pgcbasketball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-Commitment_Culture.pdf"