Do you consistently monitor your locker room post practice

always asked by young coaches why I stayed in there

duhhh, do you know who is gonna get sued if the grab asss goes too far? us

our hc

I worked for some great hc's that understood this and wanted it monitored and controlled

Last school we were at the coaches office was in the locker room with a big window and we 99% of the time kept the door open when we were in there. Place before that office was right next to locker room and we were constantly in and out.

Always remember, as I have learned from a long career in education and coaching, when it comes to stuff with kids and allegations you are treated GUILTY till proven innocent by just about everyone in those types of situations.

I always tried to stay in the locker room when I was coaching lower levels and that was always a concern of mine. Id rather set in there and have to explain it that let the alternative happen but it is a concern.

Team room was in the stadium. Coaches would go into the snack bar after to debrief and wait until the kids cleared out. Then we had an incident. After that we would go into the team room to debrief and whiteboard some things. Not only did it stop incidents from happening again but the kids cleared out much faster! Win, win!

We are required to submit a supervision list to our AD. This list states who is supervising where and when. At end of practice, we have one coach bolt to the locker room as soon as HC dismisses team. This coach stands/sits close to the players' dressing area and keeps law and order in that area. On game nights, the two frosh coaches head to the locker room as soon as the clock hits 00:00. We are also required to supervise the players who are outside the building and waiting for a ride home.

Most schools I have been at to access the coaches' office where we changed and met you had to walk through the locker room. I liked this design because the boys knew we were in there and we had immediate access as well. One of the coaches, usually me, was always the last one out. There was another school where the culture was the coaches stayed completely away from everything inside. It was weird.  I still ended up being the the coach who would end up monitoring stuff by hanging out in the vicinity of the locker room after practice myself I just felt it was really important to have an adult presence.

True, but the locker room is a place where players are meeting en masse, under our jurisdiction and supposed supervision, yet for some reason rarely supervised. If it occurred somewhere outside of our direct jurisdiction, then we have less of a responsibility for it; if it occurred somewhere where we have active supervision but just didn't notice, then at least we were in position. 

But to put our players in a place where they under our jurisdiction, yet unsupervised (and openly unsupervised) leaves us as coaches open to accusations of negligence if such hazing occurs. I can think of no other specific location that meets such criteria, and that is why I focused specifically on the locker room in my question.

Now maybe it doesnt need to be monitored, and thats why I asked the question; but where else do you see that meets these criteria?  

Maybe I didn't explain the material difference well enough in my previous post. The locker room is somewhere that is under our direct and immediate jurisdiction. 

Think of it this way, if a player slips, falls, and injures himself on the field you would be expected to take care of it (you were the present adult in charge). If a player slips, falls, and injures himself in the weight room while you were lifting you would be expected to take care of it (you were the present adult in charge). If a player slips, falls and hurts himself at a team party while you and your wife are attending a broadway play then you are NOT expected to take care of it. Similar premise in my post. You are the acting adult in charge of the locker room.

This is not to write that you may not catch blame for hazing that takes place at an off campus party, some might accuse you of not having control of the program and that player should do what you want them to at all times. But this post isnt about stopping all types of hazing, simply about supervision while players are in a location where we are the present adult in charge, and in a location where a lot of hazing takes place.

Now, some might view the locker room as a location more similar to the party, not really our responsibility, or that we should grant players the autonomy while in the locker room to regulate themselves. But thats why I asked the initial post with the poll. Regardless, your broadway example is not in line with the second post that you quoted due to the supervision variable. 

I can not imagine the thought process of any professional educator who would have those views. Oh, I know they exist, I just don't see how it is possible.

I have seen this at a lot of places, but all but one of the schools I have been at have had separate 'team' rooms for athletic sports teams. These end up being a separate, closed door, locker room; which do not have a coaches office overlooking them.

In essence most every school I have been at has a closed off area for the football team to use as their locker room. 

Coaches go into the locker room after practice (1-2) Talk to players doors are always open when someone is in there.

Remind Captains it's their responsibility to make it a family atmosphere.

I agree this can be the case.....

I also disagree....

This is entirely based on the set up of the space....

My last school the coaches office it was IMPOSSIBLE to supervise from you couldn't even really see the lockers let alone hear what was going on.   As part of the bond project I was part of the team to build new locker rooms, the #1 factor we built in was ensuring offices could be actively observing of the locker room we essentially created a space in which every locker could be seen with the coaches office door open....

My new school the office we "made"  it is far from nice, allows for this as well..

However, to your point....   This isn't an option in may set-ups..

One of my assistant coaches said "Nobody wants to be accused of being a 'pecker checker'."