For NBA coaches, masks are required this season.
Jackets are not.
Rules for coaching attire will be relaxed by the
league this year, though not as much as was the
case during play at the bubble at Walt Disney
World this past summer. Suit jackets or sport
coats will not be required — as was the case in
the bubble, when most coaches wore polo shirts
and many said they preferred that option.
The new league mandate, as detailed in a memo
sent to coaches Sunday and obtained by The
Associated Press, requires “business attire ...
dress shirts, pants, socks, and shoes.” There’s no
mention of ties, which some coaches have often
gone without in recent years, but an exception
is made for polo shirts as long as they are NBA-
licensed and the head coach and all assistant
coaches are wearing the same shirt.