The shot clock is coming to high school basketball in Alabama.
The Alabama High School Athletic Association announced Wednesday that a 35-second shot clock will be implemented in both boys and girls basketball beginning this fall in the 26′-27′ season after it passed through the AHSAA ’s Central Board of Control .
“This is something we have been studying a good while, and our basketball coaches’ leadership has been at the forefront of this decision,” said AHSAA Executive Director Heath Harmon. “We think this is the right time. We felt it needed to be added at the beginning of a classification period and not in the middle.” In addition to the shot clock implementation, the AHSAA also says the board voted to extend the mercy rule used in the post-season to include the state finals. The mercy rule establishes a running clock when a team takes a 30-point lead in the fourth quarter. The AHSAA also announced the unanimous election of Kim Kiel as the president of the AHSAA Wednesday, becoming the first female president in the AHSAA’s 105-year history. Kiel, the district 5 representative who is a 2026 AHSAA HOF inductee, has served the CBOC as its current vice president and has spent her entire career in education with Pelham City Schools as a teacher, coach, athletic director, principal, and now assistant superintendent. She also served as the interim president of the CBOC for a meeting earlier this year. Officials say Brian Jett, superintendent of Fort Payne City Schools and district 8 representative, was elected unanimously as the COBC vice president. The new officers will officially begin their one-year tenures during the July COBC meeting, scheduled for July 29. Left to right: Brian Jett, Kim Kiel, Executive Director Heath Harmon, Associate Executive Director Brian McRaeApproved starting box assignments to be randomly assigned by the state meet directorApproved state qualifying times being adjusted every two years based on the past two years of data, the same process used pre-Covid in 2019Adjusted the state meet warm-up and competition timesReturning to pre-determined brackets for state tournament placementApproved points to be determined for wrestlers who have byes and win their next matchAthletic officials also say the following proposals were passed:States that only full-time employees of an AHSAA member school may serve as a district representative on any Standing Sports CommitteeSpecifies that all student-athletes that transfer to a member school after the third day of their seventh-grade year will be visibly marked as a transfer on that school’s roster until the student is no longer enrolled, graduates, or no longer participates in athletics. Students will be marked on Dragonfly rosters using an asterisk highlighted color or other means as designated by the AHSAA or DragonFly. This marking will be visible to member schools and/or the public along with the athlete’s name, jersey number, position, height, and weightRecommends a formal policy requiring the AHSAA Executive Staff and/or Central Board of Control to provide a clear, written breakdown of voting results for all legislative matters presented to the membership or Legislative Council. This policy would require every legislative proposal, amendment, or bylaw change list the raw vote totals be disclosed
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