The National Basketball Coaches Association told ESPN its full membership is prepared to participate in the upcoming NBA season despite high rates of coronavirus infection and spread in many parts of the country.

"As we enter the season, all of the protocols and daily testing and travel reduction leave us feeling that we've taken the proper precautions to be as safe as possible," NBCA president and Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle told ESPN on Tuesday night. "That said, we know there are many more variables this season and we'll need to be flexible and able to pivot quickly."

Coaches will wear masks at all times while coaching and also be allowed to wear more casual game attire. Coaches voted more than 2-to-1 to allow for wearing polo shirts in games. Coaches must wear business attire, such as dress shirts, pants, socks and shoes, but will no longer be mandated to wear suit jackets or sports coats.