RONNIE NUNN
Director of Referees Development
National Basketball Association
Ronnie Nunn, the NBA’s Director of
Referees Development, former Director of
Officials, is a veteran of 23 NBA
seasons. During his officiating career,
which spanned 19 seasons, Nunn worked
1,134 regular-season, 73 playoff and
four NBA Finals games, as well as the
1996 NBA All-Star Game, the 1993
McDonald’s Championship in Munich,
Germany, the NBA Japan Summer Charity
Games in 1996 and the 2000 Mexico
Challenge. He has also been involved in
the WNBA’s mentor program and is an NBA
instructor during the summer.
Nunn handles the day-to-day management
of the officiating staff, including
daily instruction on the correct
application of NBA playing rules. He
reports directly to Stu Jackson,
Executive Vice President, Basketball
Operations.
Prior to joining the NBA as an official,
Nunn officiated in the CBA for two
years, and officiated Pro-Am basketball
in New York City for two years. He also
has one year of high school officiating
experience in New York and New Jersey,
and worked as a special education
teacher/administrator for 10 years.
Nunn was an assistant coach at Pace
University from 1978-1980 and at his
alma mater, Brooklyn Tech High School
from 1976-77. He played professionally
on the National Basketball Circuit of
Mexico from 1972-74 and was named MVP in
1973, and Best Player of the Decade
(1970s). Nunn played collegiate
basketball for three seasons at George
Washington University where he became
the Colonials’ leading scorer and a
member of the 1,000 points club in 1972.
He was inducted into the George
Washington University Hall of Fame in
1997 and named to the school’s
All-Century Team. Nunn received his
undergraduate degree from George
Washington and an M.S. at the College of
New Rochelle and
an M.S. at Queens College.
Nunn, along with his wife, Andee, an
American Studies teacher at Danbury HS,
has established the Nunn-Better
Scholarship Award, given to students of
diverse backgrounds who have
demonstrated academic excellence and
have overcome other obstacles in their
lives. The award is offered to students
of Danbury High School and The Hord
Foundation.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Nunn
currently resides in Danbury, Conn. He
is the father of two daughters, Ilana
who works as a publicist, and Alexi who
works as an attorney. He is also a
member of the local NAACP and Danbury’s
Concerned Black Men, an organization
that tutors and mentors minority
students.