UC San Diego

You can download a free PDF copy of the 2025-26 Division I Manual here (DI Manual) or search the web-based version on LSDBI here (LSDBi).

NCAA Division I Notification of Transfer Windows for the current academic year are available here:  Transfer Windows

As is outlined in Bylaw 17 of the NCAA Manual, a student-athlete's participation in countable athletically related activities (CARA) shall be limited to the following:

During the Playing Season
Daily Limit: 4 hours
Weekly Limit: 20 hours
At least one (1) day off per week

NOTE: A competition day is considered three (3) hours of activity regardless of the actual duration of the event (this includes pre-game warm-ups, shoot-around, etc.). No countable activities may take place after a competition.

Outside the Playing Season
Daily Limit: 4 hours
Weekly Limit: 8 hours
At least two (2) days off per week

Coaches are required to log their team's weekly playing/practice hours through ARMS.

Voluntary activities do not count toward the limitations displayed above. However, any activity at which a coach is present must count against daily and weekly hour limits (other than meetings initiated by student-athletes during which no other countable activities occur). Compliance and academic meetings do not count against daily and weekly limits.

See our Tip Sheet below for details on permissible athletically-related activities during institutional vacation periods and finals week.

UCSD's Athletics Compliance Office partners with Teamworks to provide software solutions to its coaches, staff, and scholar-athletes.  ARMS software assists the Athletics Compliance Office in monitoring and managing CARA, Playing & Practice Seasons, Recruiting Contacts/Evaluations/Visits/Phone Calls, and more. Coaches and staff can log into ARMS by clicking HERE.

Recruiting calendars help promote the well-being of prospective scholar-athletes and coaches and ensure competitive equity by defining certain time periods in which recruiting may or may not occur in a particular sport. The NCAA Recruiting Calendar for each sport can be found HERE.

Recruiting Periods Defined

Contact Period
A contact period is that period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to make in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations.

Quiet Period
A quiet period is that period of time when it is permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts only on the member institution’s campus. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may be made during the quiet period.

Evaluation Period
An evaluation period is that period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to be involved in off-campus activities designed to assess the academic qualifications and playing ability of prospective student-athletes. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall be made with the prospective student-athlete during an evaluation period.

Dead Period
A dead period is that period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the member institution’s campus or to permit official or unofficial visits by prospective student-athletes to the institution’s campus.

Recruiting Shutdown
A recruiting shutdown is a period of time when no form of recruiting (e.g., contacts, evaluations, official or unofficial visits, correspondence or making or receiving telephone calls) is permissible.

Because of their involvement with students, coaches and other Triton Athletics staff members are Responsible Employees under Title IX and UC Policy. This means, by law, coaches are required to notify the Office for the Prevention of Harassment & Discrimination (OPHD) of any reports involving students and sexual violence or sexual assaults. Triton Athletics Staff are also CANRA Mandated Reporters and Clery Act Campus Security Advisors.  This UC San Diego Reporting Requirements guide provides important information on your reporting obligations as coaches at UC San Diego.