It’s a tad sensationalistic. But my guess is that most schools will continue with almost all employees being mandatory reporters. Including coaches.
This is correct. The Department of Education may no longer require coaches to be mandatory reporters (the new regs have a very narrow definition of who is a mandatory reporter) but the regs don't prohibit universities from having university polices that make most employees (including coaches) mandatory reporters. At this point, I'd estimate the 95%+ of universities have such a policy on the books already. I doubt many will rescind those policies. Plus, many states passed laws making most university employees mandatory reporters. Texas passed such a law last September. Other than a few exceptions, any university employee in Texas who is found to have failed to report is required to be terminated and can face fines and even jail time.
I've always had mixed feelings about mandatory reporter rules. On one hand, they are good tools for holding employees who participate in a cover up accountable. On the other hand, I think victim-survivors should have more control over who their information is shared with. A student who was sexually assaulted may tell their RA or their academic advisor, or a faculty mentor, just looking for advice, then all of the sudden the university is contacting them because the person they told was a mandatory reporter and they didn't even realize it. Personally, I would keep most employees as mandatory reporters, but increase the amount of confidential reporters on campus and advertise the crap out of who those people are.
