https://www.ncaa.org/news/2023/1/11/media-center-division-i-council-mode...
The Council voted to eliminate the voluntary coach designation across Division I, instead including those coaches within a new limit for countable coaches in each of the applicable sports
Moving forward, student-athletes must meet one of the following criteria to be granted a waiver to compete immediately:
A demonstrated physical injury or illness or mental health condition that necessitated the student's transfer (supporting documentation, care plans and proximity of the student's support system will be considered), or
Exigent circumstances that clearly necessitate a student-athlete's immediate departure from the previous school (e.g., physical assault or abuse, sexual assault) unrelated to the student-athlete's athletics participation
Eliminate test score requirements for immediate eligibility for incoming freshman student-athletes