Just about every college football team has one and some pro teams have one.

This season, all high school teams in Pennsylvania better have one.

One what? A "get-back coach."

For those not familiar with the finer points of the game, a get-back coach is the assistant who yells at the players standing on the sideline to "get back away from the field." He's important this year because of a new rule. And he isn't yelling at just the players.

There is a coach's box off the sideline where coaches had been allowed to roam. This year, only three coaches are allowed in the box when the ball is not in play. When play begins, those coaches must be 3 yards off the sideline, just like the players.

The rule is part of a safety measure to keep game officials running down the sideline while following a play from colliding with coaches or players standing on the sideline.

The first violation is a sideline warning. The second is a 5-yard penalty and the third and every one after that is a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on a team's head coach.

That's why the get-back coach has become an important man. No team wants to be hit with a penalty because coaches or players are standing too close to the field.

"We've been pretty good about that," Chartiers Valley coach Chris Saluga said. "We've had a couple informal warnings from officials, but no first warning.

"We're lucky because we've also got the soccer lines on our field, so we just make all of players stand behind that line and that's far enough off the sideline. A lot of the fields in our [Big Seven] conference are that way, so it works out well."

Saluga sees the reason for the rule. He got tangled up with an official in a game a few years ago.

"In 2002 an official stepped on my foot," he said. "He was messed up. I thought he tore his knee up. So, I can see the need for it."

For the record, Joe Villani, who played at Pitt, is Chartiers Valley's get-back coach.

"He's kind of our biggest coach and people listen to him," Saluga said.

Montour will show off renovated Birko Stadium tomorrow night when the Spartans entertain Ellwood City at 7:10 p.m. Prior to the non-conference contest the school's 1957 and '58 WPIAL Class B championship teams will be honored.

In 1957 Montour went 8-0-1, tying Avella, 7-7, in the final. The Spartans had six shutouts and outscored opponents, 299-27.

It was more of the same the next season. Montour finished 9-0 in '58 and downed Edgewood, 21-7, in the championship game. That year Montour outscored the opposition, 343-34.

Hopewell sophomore running back Rushel Shell has already had a career-year.

In just two games, he has scored eight touchdowns and rushed for 428 yards on 37 carries. That's a 11.6-yards-per-carry average. Before all is said and done, he will own every rushing record at Hopewell. Remember, Tony Dorsett didn't start in the offensive back for the Vikings until he was a junior.

While fans have been impressed with the job Jordan Latimer has done at Sto-Rox subbing for injured quarterback Paul Jones. There is another replacement signal caller who has been playing well.

Quaker Valley sophomore Augie Luptak has done a good job filling in for injured junior Pat Conlan, who was hurt in the first game. Conlan is out four-to-five weeks with a sprained MCL. The injury won't require surgery.

"He did it on the third play of the game," Quaker Valley coach Jeff Besong said. "Can you believe it? Pat's such a good player and he's the reason we brought in [assistant coach] Ron Butschle to put in a spread offense to use Pat's ability ... and then he goes down."

Despite the fact Quaker Valley is 0-2, Luptak has completed 20 of 33 passes for 227 yards and two scores. His touchdown passes came in a loss to South Fayette last Friday. He also intercepted two passes in that game.

"[Luptak] was one of our slot receivers, one of Pat's go-to guys," Besong said. "He's played well but putting him at quarterback means we now have six sophomore starters on offense."

The Quakers have just two senior starters. The roster has 24 sophomores and Besong said there is a strong freshman group behind them.

By the way, Quaker Valley entertains Sto-Rox tomorrow night.

Speaking of tomorrow night, here are games to check out if you aren't heading to the Aliquippa at Beaver Falls contest:

Blackhawk (1-1) is at New Castle (2-0) in a Class AAA Parkway clash and South Fayette (2-0) entertains Keystone Oaks (2-0) in the Class AA Century.

On Saturday afternoon, surprising Laurel (2-0) travels to South Side Beaver (2-0) in the Class A Big Seven.