Coaches are inside football players’ helmets for first time at FCS level

For the first time, the Coastal Athletic Association and other Football Championship Subdivision conference teams have been allowed to implement technology that allows coaches to communicate directly with players on the field through the use of wireless receivers in their helmets.

Football Bowl Subdivision teams were allowed to use the helmet receiver technology for the first time last season. The National Football League has been using electronic play calling since 1994.

The University of Maine football team is a member of the CAA. The Black Bears have already used the helmet communication technology this season, according to an athletic department official.

Under the new rules, there is one designated player on offense and one on defense who wear a helmet with a built-in, one-way audi