Ronnie Nunn

Ronnie Nunn (born in Brooklyn, New York) 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, 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. He officiated 1,134 regular season, 73 playoff, four NBA Finals games, and the 1996 NBA All-Star Game.

Nunn has continued his officiating teaching expertise to further elevate official's performances worldwide. Nunn worked a number of years as a trainer / clinician to the Euroleague and currently works similarly 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 while also providing a season-long curriculum and practicum experience program for officials who are associated with these leagues and / or who wish to be candidates for working in such 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 for successful engagements by players with officials during moments of disagreements on calling decisions.

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