Ronnie Nunn
Ronnie Nunn (born in Brooklyn, New York)[1] is a former professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for nineteen seasons and served for five years as the league's director of officials,[2] until being reassigned in 2008 in the wake of the Tim Donaghy scandal. Nunn continued to provide officiating insights as a co-host of the NBA's Show, Making the Call With Ronnie Nunn for seven seasons on NBA TV.[3] He officiated 1,134 regular season, 73 playoff, four NBA Finals games, and the 1996 NBA All-Star Game.[2]
Nunn has continued his officiating teaching expertise to further enhance officials performance abilities. Nunn previously worked with the Euroleague and currently works for the National Basketball League (NBL) of Australia, the Basketball Super League (BSL) of Canada, The Basketball League (TBL) in the USA. Nunn created the ongoing NunnBetterRefs (NBR) Camp that provides a season-long curriculum and practicum experience program associated with these leagues.
In 2014, Nunn also worked for a season with the NY Knicks as a "specialty coach". As a former player, college coach and ultimately NBA Official, he created a program for players that emphasized fouling reduction techniques, while also providing methods of guidelines for engagement with officials during moments of disagreements on calling decisions.[citation needed]
Early life
[edit]Nunn attended Brooklyn Technical High School where he was an All City Basketball player and Honorable Mention Baseball player. He later played for George Washington Revolutionaries. He was inducted into the GWU Basketball Hall of Fame as well as being part of GWU's Basketball's All Century Team [1] After college, he played two seasons of professional basketball for Leon Lechugueros of the Circuito Nacional de basket Mexico and was named by the Mexico press as the North American player of the decade during the 70's while only playing two seasons in the league.[1] After a season in Mexico, he was invited to the ABA's Denver Rockets Training Camp.
Nunn later became a ten-year special education teacher and administrator and later became a Pace University assistant basketball coach from 1978 to 1982. He also began to explore basketball officiating and joined an NBA pro-oriented officiating program entitled the National ProAm League. In 1984 he was appointed to the NBA officiating staff.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ronnie Nunn". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ a b "Q&A with Ronnie Nunn, NBA Director of Officials". National Basketball Association. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
- ^ "NBA TV". National Basketball Association. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
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