head coach or coach

When referring to a head coach for the first time in a story, do you always use the term "head coach" even if no assistant coach is mentioned in the story or is "coach" sufficient in those cases?

 

Bumblefuck Tech coach Jack Mehoff.

 

I've always though "head" was assumed. If you mention an assistant, you call him an assistant coach and that will make it clear that he's not the head coach.

I thought AP had an entry about "head coach" saying "don't use 'head'" but I guess that was a local style guide.

 

Head coach is assumed; mention if someone's an assistant coach.

beat me to it JEremy

 

Just coach.

And don't every say that "Joe Blow got a head job." I've actually seen something like that in copy many times and changed it to "head-coaching job."

 

I've never heard anyone call it "a head job," at least not in that context.

 

controlling bastard works at my shop.

 

I've always gone with coach, unless an assistant coach was named or quoted, in which case head coach.

 

Beautiful. Could they have found a funnier photo?

 

wow, the art just sends that one over the top.

 

Our style is Head Coach Dick Sucker, and I hate it.